... 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 religion, Butler explains the ... out of the commercial agriculture exchange. Poverty in the colonies thus increased, fueled not only by the efforts of cutthroat capitalists at the top, but by warfare with the French and a continued influx of...

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