{"product_id":"forced-founders-indians-debtors-slaves-the-making-of-the-american-revolution-in-virginia-9780807847848","title":"Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves \u0026 the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other elite Virginians joined their peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellions against their own rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Virginia gentry's efforts to shape London's imperial policy were thwarted by British merchants and by a coalition of Indian nations. In 1774, elite Virginians suspended trade with Britain in order to pressure Parliament and, at the same time, to save restive Virginia debtors from a terrible recession. The boycott and the growing imperial conflict led to rebellions by enslaved Virginians, Indians, and tobacco farmers. By the spring of 1776 the gentry believed the only way to regain control of the common people was to take Virginia out of the British Empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForced Founders\u003c\/i\u003e uses the new social history to shed light on a classic political question: why did the owners of vast plantations, viewed by many of their contemporaries as aristocrats, start a revolution? As Holton's fast-paced narrative unfolds, the old story of patriot versus loyalist becomes decidedly more complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Woody Holton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omohundro Institute and Unc Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807847848","brand":"Omohundro Institute and Unc Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45521124655241,"sku":"9780807847848","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_d74b1d3f-a166-43d1-a721-9d1e4120d69a.jpg?v=1776225857","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/forced-founders-indians-debtors-slaves-the-making-of-the-american-revolution-in-virginia-9780807847848","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}