![]() | King and Congress: The Transfer of Political Legitimacy, 1774-1776 Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution 1775-1783; United States. Continental Congress; Executive power -- United States -- History -- 18th century; A persuasive reassessment of the nature of the institution that was in the forefront of the American revolutionary struggle with Great Britain--the Continental Congress. Providing a completely new perspective on the history of the First and Second Continental Congresses before independence, the author argues that American expectations regarding the proper functions of a legitimate central government were formed under the British monarchy, and that these functions were primarily executive. |
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