Turning Points--Actual and Alternate Histories - Colonial America from Settlement to the Revolution

This work is a thought-provoking look at the original 13 colonies, presenting the facts and engaging the reader by using alternate history-what if key events had turned out differently?-to help develop critical thinking skills. This entry in ABC-CLIO''s exciting series Turning Points-Actual and Alternate Histories covers the development of the original 13 states, from first European contact up to the Revolutionary War. Using the fascinating tool of alternate history-postulating the course of events, had one key fact been different-the book engages students'' imaginations and critical thinking skills.This critical period in American history is particularly suited to the alternative history approach: The population of the colonies was small, so the import of individual actions, or of singular events, was proportionately large. If the English had lost one battle to the Swedes, the United States might have been a Swedish colony. If James, Duke of York, had died of the plague in 1654, the U.S. and French revolutions might not have happened.>

About the author

Rodney P. Carlisle, PhD, is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, and vice president of History Associates Incorporated, Rockville, MD.

J. Geoffrey Golson is president and editor of Golson Books, Ltd., Croton-on-Hudson, NY.

Product details

• Authors: Rodney P Carlisle, Rodney P. (EDT)/ Golson Carlisle, Rodney P. Golson Carlisle, J Geoffrey Golson
• Assisted by: Rodney Carlisle (Editor), Rodney P. Carlisle (Editor), Carlisle Rodney P. (Editor), J. Golson (Editor), J. Geoffrey Golson (Editor), Golson J. Geoffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2006
• EAN: 9781851098279
• ISBN: 978-1-85109-827-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Turning Points: Actual and Alt; Turning Points: Actual and Alt; Turning Points-Actual and Alternate Histories; Turning Points—Actual and Alternate Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, American History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599