Patriots Before Revolution – The Rise of Party Politics in the British Atlantic, 1714–1763 - Amy Watson

A new history of the Patriot movement before the American Revolution, tracing its origins to reform movements in British politics  The American revolutionaries—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams—called themselves Patriots. But what exactly did it mean to be a Patriot? Historian Amy Watson locates the origins of Patriotism in British politics of the early eighteenth century, showing that the label “Patriot” was first adopted by a network of British politicians with... Zobrazit více