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Angry Mobs and Founding Fathers: The Fight for Control of the American Revolution
by
Michael E. Newton (Goodreads Author)
Angry mobs launched the American Revolution when they protested against British acts of tyranny. These rebels threatened, harassed, and chased away British officials and Loyalists. The Founding Fathers agreed with the goals of these Patriots, but not with their methods. Fearing anarchy, the Founders channeled the passion of the mobs toward independence.
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Paperback, 208 pages
Published
July 25th 2011
by Eleftheria Publishing
(first published July 14th 2011)
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With politicians calling for a return to the Founding Fathers' intent -- while most of the time showing very little understanding of what that might mean -- this book makes for timely reading. The Founding Fathers are not a monolithic collection of inspired men who produced by divine inspiration a document for the ages. They were idealists tempered by practicality. They met to create the Constitution at a time when the entire revolution could have been undone. Despite myths, the Revolution itsel...more
Not particularly enlightening or revealing, but this was certainly a good history read I got from Amazon free for the Kindle. Newton focuses on the desire of founding fathers to preserve government control for and by the wealthy and landed and fear the unpropertied masses and any movement with a large, democractic base. I doubt any ardent Tea Party advaocate has read this book.
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It basically spans from pre-Independence times to The Age of Jackson when the United States setting into the cyclical...more
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It basically spans from pre-Independence times to The Age of Jackson when the United States setting into the cyclical...more
Most modern authors extol the roles of liberty and democracy in the American Revolution. Michael Newton tells how these concepts actually posed problems for the Founding Fathers when they set out to win a war and design a government. The mobs which provided the raw energy needed for revolution embodied a democracy based on the tyranny of the majority in which one person's liberty was obtained at the expense of another's. The Founding Fathers knew that this tendency if unrestrained would make equ...more
Our understanding of the birth of our Nation shapes our political, social, and moral viewpoint today. In "Angry Mobs and Founding Fathers", Michael E. Newton retells the story from the perspective of the two main forces driving for change. Refusing to paint history from a 21st century perspective, the author richly quotes from those who participated in our Nation's founding and their contemporaries, a much more difficult and rewarding endeavor. A surpisingly compact and easy read, "Angry Mobs an...more
Aug 06, 2011
Sue
marked it as to-read
This book may bring to light some of our family stories from my g(7) grandfather and his family that were participants in the revolution- Brandywine, Valley Forge and Trenton.
Wonderful, well-researched history: interesting and entertaining as it's informative and edifying. The revolutionary genius of America's Founding Fathers, the fine line between "angry mobs" and statesmanship, rarely better outlined than in this brilliant chronicle.
Dry. Learned a few things which was cool. Lots of dates.
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A highly readable and informative history of the founding of the United States.
Very enlightening. Now when people say we our country has gone to the dogs etc. I say we have the best democracy in the world. this book makes me want to visit Williamsburg, Philadelphia and boston. I want to watch and read about Washington,Jefferson and all the others. Great overview for a beginner in history of the US.
I enjoyed this book. It is very informative and enlightening. It should be used in the classroom to teach a more in-depth look into the founding of America.
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I liked it. I learned a lot. It is a great history lesson giving a couple of perspectives.
I enjoyed it but only people who are into history will really enjoy it
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Michael E. Newton graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors from Arizona State University with degrees in finance and computer information systems. He was a portfolio manager for ten years and writes about economics, finance, and the market. Michael Newton has always had a passion for history, politics, and economics, which led him write The Path To Tyranny: A History of Free Society's Descent Into Ty...more
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