Dr Charles Prior C.Prior@hull.ac.uk
Head of the School of Humanities & Reader in History
Conquest and the ‘Right to Hold’: Territorial Sovereignty and the American Revolution
People Involved
Project Description
Historians hold these truths to be self-evident: that the ideological origins of the American Revolution lie in arguments about political rights, which were conducted exclusively within English and European frameworks of political ideas. This project takes a different approach, and situates conflict over land at the centre of a contest between settlers, Indians, colonial governors and the Crown. Offering the first sustained analysis of treaties and laws that structured the relationship between settlers and Indians, it recovers a long history of ‘conquest’ that Thomas Jefferson defended as the basis of ‘the right to hold’ and rule territory.
| Type of Project | Project |
|---|---|
| Project Acronym | CRTH |
| Status | Project Complete |
| Funder(s) | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Value | £35,941.00 |
| Project Dates | Oct 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2018 |
| Partner Organisations | 00 No Partners |
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