From: The Historian | Date: March 22, 1993| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1993 Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The issue of "Republicanism" virtually dominates current discussion of the American Revolution. Most historians focus on the views of Revolutionary leaders, never asking how the colonial elite translated republican ideology to the grassroots level. In this book, Ann Fairfax Withington bridges the gap between the Revolutionary leaders and their followers, arguing that the leaders employed the moral values of republicanism to bind Americans together, helping them forge a sense of national identity based on their moral superiority to England. Republican morality, influenced by the ...