Chronology
Origins: Growth and movement of population
Economic expansion
Reform of the British empire
American resistance: British reaction
Deepening of the crisis
The imperial debate
Revolution: Approach to independence
Declaration of Independence
Asylum for liberty
Constitution-making and war: State constitutions
Articles of Confederation
War for Independence
Republicanism: Need for virtue
Rising glory of America
Equality
New world order
Republican society: Effects of the war
Effects of the Revolution
Republican reforms
Antislavery
Republican religion
Federal Constitution: Critical period
Philadelphia convention
Federalist-anti-Federalist debate.