LEADER 03874nam 22006253u 450 001 9910958835603321 005 20230126211310.0 010 $a979-88-908707-7-3 010 $a1-4696-0370-5 035 $a(CKB)3170000000065832 035 $a(EBL)4322039 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000870327 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11521631 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870327 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10818448 035 $a(PQKB)10951695 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4322039 035 $a(BIP)99132791 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000065832 100 $a20160118d2011|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForced Founders $eIndians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia 210 $aChapel Hill $cThe University of North Carolina Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 225 1 $aPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a979-88-908707-8-0 311 08$a0-8078-4784-4 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. GRIEVANCES, 1763-1774; 1 Land Speculators versus Indians and the Privy Council; 2 Tobacco Growers versus Merchants and Parliament; PART II. BOYCOTTS, 1769-1774; 3 Nonimportation; 4 Nonexportation; PART III. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, 1775-1776; 5 Free Virginians versus Slaves and Governor Dunmore; 6 Gentlemen versus Farmers; PART IV. INDEPENDENCE, 1776; 7 Spirit of the People; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 330 $aIn this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other elite Virginians joined their peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellions against their own rule. The Virginia gentry's efforts to shape London's imperial policy were thwarted by British merchants and by a coalition of Indian nations. In 1774, elite Virginians suspended trade with Britain in order to pressure Parliament and, at the same time, to save restive Virginia debtors from a terrible recession. The boycott and the growing imperial conflict led to rebellions by enslaved Virginians, Indians, and tobacco farmers. By the spring of 1776 the gentry believed the only way to regain control of the common people was to take Virginia out of the British Empire. Forced Founders uses the new social history to shed light on a classic political question: why did the owners of vast plantations, viewed by many of their contemporaries as aristocrats, start a revolution? As Holton's fast-paced narrative unfolds, the old story of patriot versus loyalist becomes decidedly more complex. 410 0$aPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia 606 $aGentry$xHistory$y18th century$zVirginia 606 $aSocial classes$xHistory$y18th century$zVirginia 606 $aRegions & Countries - Americas$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aUnited States - General$2HILCC 615 0$aGentry$xHistory 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Americas 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aUnited States - General 676 $a973.311 700 $aHolton$b Woody$0605721 712 02$aOmohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958835603321 996 $aForced Founders$94408959 997 $aUNINA