{"product_id":"patriots-before-revolution-amy-watson-9780300263213","title":"Patriots Before Revolution: The Rise of Party Politics in the British Atlantic, 1714-1763","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new history of the Patriot movement before the American Revolution, tracing its origins to reform movements in British politics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The American revolutionaries--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams--called themselves Patriots. But what exactly did it mean to be a Patriot? Historian Amy Watson locates the origins of Patriotism in British politics of the early eighteenth century, showing that the label \"Patriot\" was first adopted by a network of British politicians with radical ideas about the principles and purpose of the British Empire. The early Patriots' ideological mission was not American independence but, rather, imperial reform: Patriots sought to create a British Empire that was militant, expansionist, confederal, and free. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the course of the next half century, these British reformers used print media and grassroots mobilization efforts to build an empire-wide political party with adherents in London, Edinburgh, New York City, and the new colony of Georgia. While building this party, the Patriots' advocacy drew Britons into a series of violent political conflicts over taxes and civil liberty, as well as three expansive global wars, the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-48), the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48), and the Seven Years' War (1756-63). Patriot ideas and organizations came to divide Britons on increasingly sharp political lines, laying the groundwork for the revolutionary decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030026321X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300263213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Amy Watson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46738959171839,"sku":"9780300263213","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b114fa9f-24b2-4123-bf52-19a925ffc628.jpg?v=1743276796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patriots-before-revolution-amy-watson-9780300263213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}