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This is a 6 page book review discussing Bernard Bailyn’s “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”. Bernard Bailyn’s “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution” (1967, 1992) shows readers the importance and influence of the “pamphleteers” during the time of the American Revolution. Previous to Bailyn’s publication in 1967, most historical accounts of the Revolution included political and economical theories used to explain the change in the population toward Revolution. Bailyn’s text however shows the importance of the political writings at the time which appeared in newspapers, pamphlets, booklets, letters and published speeches in addition to the original influences of writers and philosophers in an attempt to rid the colonies of the corruption which originated through their affiliation with the Crown. While Patriots were originally a minority in the population and considered as “radicals”, in a short space of only fifteen years, their writings managed to “enlighten a population”.
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of the "pamphleteers" during the time of the American Revolution. Previous to Bailyns publication in 1967, most historical accounts of the Revolution included political and economical theories used to explain
the change in the population toward Revolution. Bailyns text however shows the importance of the political writings at the time which appeared in newspapers, pamphlets, booklets, letters and published speeches
in addition to the original influences of writers and philosophers in an attempt to rid the colonies of the corruption which originated through their affiliation with the Crown. While Patriots
were originally a minority in the population and considered as "radicals", in a short space of only fifteen years, their writings managed to "enlighten a population".
The writers of the pamphlets which were circulated in the 1700s were known to persuade readers towards different political ideologies and whether or not it could be
referred to as political rhetoric or propaganda it is important to know the impact many of these writings had on the development of historical evolution (Miller, 2002; Bailyn, 1992). From
a historical perspective, examination of the writings of the time not only offer an inside look at the arguments used to persuade but also help understand how a minority of
writers could persuade the majority of the population to support the Revolution. While critics believe that many historians treat the Revolutionary War and the era preceding and following it as
one where most of the Americans were Patriots during the 1760s and 1770s and Federalists by the 1780s, in reality it is believed that the Patriots and the Federalists were
largely in the minority. To understand the conflicting documents which circulated at the time provides a better understanding of how the country was actually divided in its allegiance to Britain
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