The resurrection of John Wise: popular mobilization and the opening of the American Revolution, 1771-1775
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu14072343242021-08-03T06:26:42Z The resurrection of John Wise: popular mobilization and the opening of the American Revolution, 1771-1775 LaHue, Christine History A series of interpretive errors have led historians to marginalize John Wise’ early eighteenth century pamphlets as having been insignificant to the revolutionary movement. They have been observed by some, but ignored by all. Nevertheless, when they were combined and republished in 1772, the Wise pamphlet expressed a coherent ideology that is best described as an indigenous or congregational republicanism. In its insistence upon the purification of society’s institutions (civil and ecclesiastical), the Wise pamphlet provides a tangible link between the Settlement of the Glorious Revolution in 1688 and the support of ordinary New Englanders for the revolutionary movement. Of all the pamphlets published in New England between 1764 and 1775, the 1772 Wise pamphlet is unique in that it is the only politically-oriented pamphlet that also included a list of its subscribers. When the information contained in this list is correlated with other sources, it reveals how the covenanted relationships of ordinary New Englanders, through their professional, civic, military, religious, and social affiliations, formed a second-tier of leadership during the revolutionary era. Because they were committed to the purity of their civil and ecclesiastical institutions, these ordinary New Englanders actively sought opportunities to serve their local communities and to defend their vision of England’s constitution. Unlike the leadership of elite Whigs at the provincial level, however, the leadership provided by ordinary New Englanders was guided not by a republicanism inherited from ancient Rome, but rather by the congregational republicanism that was already deeply embedded within their culture, given written expression by John Wise and exemplified in the actions of William Dawes. 2006 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407234324 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407234324 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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