CONTENTS
Preface
PART ONE
‘A City on a Hill’
Colonial America, 1580-
Europe and the Transatlantic Adventure
Ralegh, the Proto-American, and the Roanoke Disaster
Jamestown: The First Permanent Foothold
Mayflower and the Formative Event
The Natural Inheritance of the Elect Nation' John Winthrop and HisLittle Speech' on Liberty
Roger Williams: The First Dissentient
The Catholics in Maryland
The Primitive Structure of Colonial America
Carolina: The First Slave State
Cotton Mather and the End of the Puritan Utopia
Oglethorpe and Early Georgia
Why Colonial Control Did Not Work
The Rise of Philadelphia
Elected Assemblies versus the Governors
The Great Awakening and Its Political Impact
PART TWO
‘That the Free Constitution Be Sacredly Maintained’
Revolutionary America, 1750-
George Washington and the War against France
Poor Quality of British Leadership
The Role of Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
The Galvanizing Effect of Tom Paine
Washington, the War, and the Intervention of Europe
Patriots and Loyalists: America's First Civil War
The Constitutional Convention
The Ratification Debate
Citizenship, the Suffrage, and `The Tyranny of the Majority'
The Role of Religion in the Constitution
The Presidency, Hamilton, and Public Finance
Success of Washington and His Farewell Address
John Adams and the European War