Father of liberty : Jonathan Mayhew and the principles of the American Revolution /

Dr. Jonathan Mayhew was the most politically influential clergyman in eighteenth-century America; he championed the principles of natural rights, constitutionalism, and resistance to tyranny in press and pulpit from 1750 to 1766. He did more than any other clergyman to prepare New England for disobe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mullins, Patrick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Press of Kansas, 2017.
Series:American political thought.
Subjects:
Mayhew, Jonathan, > 1720-1766.
Mayhew, Jonathan, > 1720-1766
1700-1799
Church and state > United States > History > 18th century.
Clergy > Political activity > Massachusetts > Boston.
Église et État > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Clergé > Activité politique > Massachusetts > Boston.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Church and state
Clergy > Political activity
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution)
Massachusetts > Boston
United States
History
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Dr. Jonathan Mayhew was the most politically influential clergyman in eighteenth-century America; he championed the principles of natural rights, constitutionalism, and resistance to tyranny in press and pulpit from 1750 to 1766. He did more than any other clergyman to prepare New England for disobedience to British authority in the 1760s.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:070062449X
9780700624492

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