Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Facts

When enumerating the inalienable rights of "all men," including "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson drew on a phrase from John Locke:...

Number of pamphlets published between 1750 and 1776 addressing the Anglo-American controversy: over 400 …number published between 1776 and 1783: 1,100 Population of the colony of New York in...

African colonization A movement of blacks and whites (but mostly whites during its eighteenth and nineteenth century phases) that promoted the movement of free blacks back to Africa, usually to spr...