Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-358) and index.
Contents
Conservatism and Radicalism in the Revolution -- The Conflict of Ideologies -- The Transition from Colonies to Conservative Commonwealths: South Carolina -- The Conservative Transition: Maryland -- The Conservative Transition: New York -- Protest and Rebellion in North Carolina, 1765-1771 -- Democratic Forces in the Revolutionary Movement of North Carolina -- The North Carolina Constitution of 1776 -- Revolution and Internal Conflict in Massachusetts, 1774-1776 -- The Search for a Principle of Authority: The General Court -- The Search Concluded: The Constitutional Convention -- The Attempt to Transform Pennsylvania into a Royal Colony -- The Rise of the Whig Party in Pennsylvania -- The Creation of a Democratic Party, 1776 -- Thomas Jefferson and Revolutionary Democracy -- Democracy and Liberalism in the Revolution.