Making Maine : Statehood and the War of 1812 /

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"After the Revolutionary War ended, the new American nation grappled with a question about its identity: Were the states sovereign entities or subordinates to a powerful federal government? The War of 1812 brought this vexing issue into sharp relief, as a national government intent on waging an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Joshua M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Statehood (American politics)
Politics and government.
United States.
Massachusetts.
Maine.
Massachusetts > Politics and government > 1812-1815.
Massachusetts > History > War of 1812.
Maine > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Maine > History > War of 1812.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "An exceedingly dirty and nasty people"
  • War comes to Maine
  • "A mongrel breed of soldier"
  • War afloat
  • "Wicked war"
  • "Hampden races"
  • "One against another"
  • Yankee confusion
  • Winter of discontent
  • Apres la guerre.

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