Mason L. Weems

The Life of Washington (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Weems helped to fabricate the image of Washington that has since dominated the American historical imagination and which in its time, secured Washington's fame. This edition includes documents that provide an insight into the construction of American national identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317455929
• Artikelnr.: 42368227

Autorenporträt

Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia, specializes in the history of Revolutionary and Early National America. His most recent works include Federal Union, Modern World: The Law of Nations in an Age of Revolutions, 1775-1814 (with Nicholas G. Onuf, 1993); The Midwest and the Nation: Rethinking the History of an American Region (with Andrew R.L. Cayton, 1990); and A Union of Interests: Political and Economic Thought in Revolutionary America (with Cathy D. Matson, 1990). Onuf is also the editor of Jeffersonian Legacies (1993). He has taught at Columbia University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Southern Methodist University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introductory; Chapter 2 Birth and Education; Chapter 3 George's father dies
his education continued by his mother
his behaviour under school
master Williams; Chapter 4 George leaves school
is appointed a private surveyor to Lord Fairfax, of the Northern Neck
wishes to enter on board of a British man of war
providentially prevented by his mother
the first lightnings of his soul to war; Chapter 5 French encroachments on the Ohio
Washington volunteers his services to governor Dinwiddie
his hazardous embassy to the French and Indians
miraculous escapes
account of his journal
anecdote of his modesty; Chapter 6 The French and Indian war begins
Washington goes forth to meet the dangers of his country
aims a blow at Fort Du Quesne
fails
gallant defence of Fort Necessity
retires from the service in disgust
pressed into it again by General Braddock
defeat and death of Braddock, and dreadful slaughter of his army; Chapter 7 Fatal effects of Braddock's defeat
Washington wishes to carry the war into Indian country
government refuses
defensive war preferred
the frontiers desolated; Chapter 8 Washington's mother has a very curious dream
it points to great coming troubles
a cloud rising in England
the causes of the revolutionary war; Chapter 9 Battle of Bunker's
hill
of Sullivan's Island
Declaration of Independence
Defeat of the Americans on Long
Island
Howe looks big
times squally; Chapter 10 Lord North, coming to his senses, sends commissioners to America
Clinton evacuates Philadelphia
Washington pursues him
battle of Monmouth
Arnold's apostacy
André apprehended
executed
his character; Chapter 11 Washington again on his farm
sketch of his conduct there
suggests the importance of inland navigation
companies forming
urges a reform of the old constitution
appointed president of the United States
great difficulties to encounter
gloriously surmounts them; Chapter 12 The Death of Washington; Chapter 13 Character of Washington; Chapter 14 Washington's Character Continued; Chapter 15 Washington's Character Continued; Chapter 16 Washington's Character Continued; concl Washington's Will; relat Related Documents;