The Founders' Fortunes - How Money Shaped the Birth of America

An illuminating financial history of the Founding Fathers, revealing how their personal finances shaped the Constitution and the new nation In 1776, upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers concluded America’s most consequential document with a curious note, pledging “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” Lives and honor did indeed hang in the balance, yet just what were their fortunes? How much did the Founders stand to gain or lose through independence? And what lingering consequences did their respective financial stakes have on liberty, justice, and the fate of the fledgling United States of America? In this landmark account, historian Willard Sterne Randall investigates the private financial affairs of the Founders, illuminating like never before how and why the Revolution came about.

Product details

• Authors: Willard Sterne Randall, Randall Willard Sterne
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 14.01.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781524745936
• ISBN: 978-1-5247-4593-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Constitution: government & the state, C 1700 To C 1800, Constitution: government and the state, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era)