Bennington and the Green Mountain Boys The Emergence of Liberal Democracy in Vermont, 1760-1850 /
Robert E. Shalhope.
- 1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 412 pages) : illustration, map.
- Reconfiguring American political history .
- Reconfiguring American political history. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 1996
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Separate paths to the Grants -- The Grants in jeopardy -- The emergence of the Green Mountain Boys -- Newcomers to the Grants -- Independence -- Divisions throughout the town -- The next generation -- Tensions persist -- Paeans to the Green Mountain Boys -- Epilogue : a monument to democracy. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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Politics and government Democracy. Democracy--History.--Vermont
Vermont--Bennington. Vermont. Vermont--Politics and government--1775-1865. Vermont--Politics and government--To 1791. Bennington (Vt.)--Politics and government.