... culture. He defeats the notion that the period was one of economic and cultural dependence on the English, and he proves that a uniquely American culture was forged not from the fire of the Revolution, but instead from the dynamic changes that occurred during this often-overlooked period. Through detailed analyses of changes in demographics, the economy, politics, ... and influential interest groups. Though the wealthy maintained a disproportionately large amount of influence in the colonial governments, the mechanisms of governments remained democratic, and the decisions made by the leg...

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