The Revolution of America [Paperback]

Raynal's 1781 account of the American Revolution offers a solid explanation for its causes and intriguing speculation on the outcome.Published before the outcome of the conflict was known, this account of the American Revolution by the Abb? Raynal (171369) was first published in English in 1781. It is taken from the last volume of his influential Philosophy and Political History of the East and West Indies.Published before the outcome of the conflict was known, this account of the American Revolution by the Abb? Raynal (171369) was first published in English in 1781. It is taken from the last volume of his influential Philosophy and Political History of the East and West Indies.First published in 1781, this work of the Abb? Raynal (171369) is the English translation of the last volume of his widely known and influential Philosophy and Political History of the East and West Indies which first appeared in 1770. Raynal's work begins a description of the distressed state of England in 1763 and her calls for help from the colonies in the build-up to the war. Written during the Revolution itself, the book speculates about the ending of the conflict in chapters entitled 'What ought to be the politics of the House of Bourbon, if victorious' and 'What idea should be formed of the thirteen united provinces'. Raynal's work was heavily criticised by, among others, Thomas Paine, who published A Letter Addressed to the Abb? Raynal on the Affairs of North-America (also reissued in this series) in 1782, correcting what he perceived as Raynal's mistakes and false assumptions.Advertisement; 1. Distressed state of England in 1763; 2. England calls her colonies to her aid; 3. England exacts from her colonies what she should but have requested; 4. After having given way, England would be obeyed by her colonies. Measures which they take to resist her; 5. The colonies were in the right to separate themselves from their mother-country, independently of all discontent; 6. What was the pals%