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Events have worked a revolution in the American mind long before the formal break; they have called a new hierarchy of loyalties into being. The American invasion of Canada last fall produced two political effects: 1) because of the idealistic rhetoric that Congress used to describe the enterprise, liberty took...
Thus the last act began. Virginia, the continent's most populous colony, precipitated it. The 112 members of its convention in Williamsburg voted unanimously on May 15 "that the delegates appointed to represent this colony in General Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United...
When the head of the Continental Army made those self-deprecating statements at the time of his selection last year, he was acknowledging that Congress's choice had not been inevitable-and perhaps not even right. Among the others who had been considered: Artemas Ward, then 47, ailing commander of the Massachusetts troops, and Charles Lee, 44, who now serves Washington as first major general. But the Massachusetts delegates themselves realized that they could best win continent-wide support by letting a southerner take the lead. So it was John Adams who did most to see that the towering...
In the House of Commons, the Whig opposition is led by Edmund Burke, 47, an Irishman who has become America's most eloquent defender, and Charles James Fox, 27, a witty, rakish aristocrat who is serious about only one thing, politics. In the House of Lords, the Whig leader...
For the honor of serving as pedestals to these creations, the modishly coiffed ladies of the Continent are willing to suffer all manner of inconveniences. Doorways, chandeliers and closed carriages pose a constant challenge. Since the more fanciful styles take as long as four hours to sculpt, women often find...