Free Land, Free Country: Setting Down Roots of Revolution in America, 1600-1790

From the earliest days of the British colonies in America, land was freely given to those willing to come and settle. Oftentimes, it was the only inducement that brought colonists to the New World. At first, colonists considered free land a privilege, but it soon came to be seen as a right. When that right was later withheld by Great Britain, the colonists rebelled.

Exploring how economic hierarchies led to vast inequality in England, this book details the realization that America would pr...