Author John Davenport has compiled a fascinating, compelling, and colorful narrative about the American Revolution. After a thorough chronology, readers are introduced to the events leading up to the revolution. Readers will see how the world was turned upside down by the fact that a need for change, and the need for basic freedoms, could not be ignored.
The True History of the American Revolution
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With the first light , Hamilton's guns began to thud out from the high Sackville bastions , but Clark's men still refused to follow precedent . Either unaware of or unimpressed by the theory that frontier troops cannot stand up against ...
Balancing social and political concerns of the period and perspectives of the average American revolutionary with a careful examination of the war itself, Ferling has crafted the ideal book for armchair military history buffs, a book about ...
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Except for a very few, its white people seemed to be united, not divided, for a number of very good reasons. The vast majority of them grew tobacco. Rich or poor, they governed their lives according to the fifteen-month cycle of intense ...
Each title in the Events and Outcomes series presents a two-part investigation of a major event or significant era in world history.
Traditionally, colonial wars presented a few slaves with the opportunity to gain freedom through military service, seek refuge with the enemy, or make escape attempts amid the chaos. The revolution expanded these previously limited ...