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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789 is a nonfiction book about the American Revolution written by American historian Robert Middlekauff.Covering the history of the American Revolution from around 1760 through to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, The Glorious Cause focuses mainly on the military history of the American Revolutionary War and on the ...
The Glorious Revolution [a] was the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. ... The expansion of the military caused great concern, ...
The American Revolution ended an age—an age of monarchy. And, it began a new age—an age of freedom. As a result of the growing wave started by the Revolution, there are now more people around the world living in freedom than ever before, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the world's population. [221] [222] [223] [224]
Middlekauff is best known for The Glorious Cause, a history of the American Revolutionary War, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. [5] He was the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History in 1996–97. In 1997, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1997. [6]
The English Revolution is a term that has been used to describe two separate events in English history. Prior to the 20th century, it was generally applied to the 1688 Glorious Revolution, when James II was deposed and a constitutional monarchy established under William III and Mary II. [1]
[12] Other scholars argue that the Glorious Revolution was a turning point in history, starting the age of constitutionalism. The format of a declaration enumerating various specific wrongs attributed to a king was followed a century later in the American Declaration of Independence – whose authors were clearly familiar with the 1689 document.
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789: 1982; 2005 (2d ed.) 760 978-0195162479: Finalist 1983 Pulitzer Prize for History: 4 Gordon S. Wood: Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815: 2009 800 978-0195039146: Finalist 2010 Pulitzer Prize for History: 5 Daniel Walker Howe
In late 1688, the Glorious Revolution deposed the Catholic James and replaced him with the Protestant William III and Mary II. [5] The rule of Andros was highly unpopular, especially in New England, [6] and his opponents in Massachusetts used the change of royal power for their political benefit by organizing an uprising.