[Jacquerie]

Most excellent find. Henry, like Franklin, were quintessential Americans. Despite humble births, they rose to great heights of honor.

The Rise of the Republic . . . should be the text of a two semester class in every US High School.

How many more patriots rather than socialists would face their first Presidential ballot at age 18?

[loveliberty2]

Yes, both Frothingham and JQA's "Jubilee," in my opinion, combined, along with the observations of the ideas and developments in America by Edmund Burke, in his 1775 "Speech on Conciliation," provide special insight into the "seedbed of ideas" surrounding America's founding. All would make good material for a course--perhaps an online course could become useful.

Another benefit of Frothingham's work is that his footnotes provide additional resources for study.

Have read some of Wood's histories and essays, although he dwells rather heavily on the idea of "democracy," instead of the "democratic republic" focus of JQA, or the "Republic, if you can keep it" insistence of Franklin.

In the Introduction to one of his books, he does, however, point out some of the issues related to what he called 20th Century "Progressive historians" like Beard, one of the most widely used texts for teaching students for many years.