American Patriots: A Short History of Dissent

2025 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleA concise history that proves that dissent is patrioticThe history of America is a history of dissent.Protests against the British Parliament's taxation policies led to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States.At the Constitutional Convention the founders put the right to protest in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.In the nineteenth century, dissenters protested against the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, they demanded the abolition of slavery, suffrage for women, and fair treatment for workers.In the twentieth century, millions of Americans participated in the Civil Rights Movement, the antiwar movement, and second-wave feminism.In the twenty-first century, hundreds of thousands protested the war in Iraq, joined the 2011 Occupy movement, the 2017 Women's March, and the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings.The crowds grew larger than ever, but the sentiments expressed were familiar.There have been dissenting Americans fo