{"product_id":"free-land-free-country-9781476688855","title":"Free Land Free Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   From the earliest days of the British colonies in America, land was freely given to those willing to come and settle. Oftentimes, it was the only inducement that brought colonists to the New World. At first, colonists considered free land a privilege, but it soon came to be seen as a right. When that right was later withheld by Great Britain, the colonists rebelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Exploring how economic hierarchies led to vast inequality in England, this book details the realization that America would provide opportunities for economic mobility. As colonists learned how to manage the land in the New World, they also learned how to govern themselves. This book emphasizes how the control of free land in America laid the groundwork for revolution. Although covered broadly in other histories, this is the first work dedicated to exploring land ownership as a unique and direct cause of the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments  vi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface  1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction  3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue: From the Conquest to the Colonies  13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscovery and Claims  23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLand in English Colonial America: The Settlement  55\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePopulating the Land I: Colonial Expansion  86\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePopulating the Land II: Immigration and Expansion  121\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWar for Empire: Still More Land  155\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnd of Expansion: Rebellion and Break  185\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Free Land in the Move West  229\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes  243\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography  265\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex  279\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742571659607,"sku":"9781476688855","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476688855.jpg?v=1758385310","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/free-land-free-country-9781476688855","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}