Revolutionary War bounty land grants : awarded by state governments/ Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck

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Book

Language

English

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xxvii, 608 pages

ISBN

0806315113

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"In their colonial tradition, the Revolutionary governments patterned their struggle for independence from Great Britain on the principle of bounty lands. They generally offered free lands in exchange for military service, but they strategically did so on the presumption that they would be victorious in their struggle. They would not actually award the lands until the war had been concluded and the British defeated. Such a policy not only imposed no financial constraints on the war effort but also insured a degree of support for the Revolutionary cause. The Revolutionary governments were cognizant that to the victor belonged the spoils and that defeat brought no reward. Bounty lands proved an effective technique for enrolling support for the war among the citizenry and preventing them from lapsing into the British fold when the tide of battle ebbed"--Introd.

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