| Edition |
Updated edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
America at war |
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America at war.
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| Summary |
A narrative account of the American Revolution, covering the origins of disputes with Britain, profiles of the key figures, and descriptions of major battles. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index. |
| Contents |
Holding the line on breed's hill, 1775: Dr. Joseph Warren: cCommitted revolutionary -- Undercurrents of resistance -- Hoeing different rows: New England yeoman and southern planter -- Pre-revolutionary America, 1763 -- stamps and the revolution -- Massacre and a tea party -- thirteen colonies, 1774 -- Thriving colonial trade patterns -- Minutemen and mountain boys -- Paul Revere: Artist and patriot -- Battle of Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston, June 1775-March 1776 -- Forts designed for security -- First campaigns -- Major battles of the revolutionary war, 1775-1777 -- Two colonial cities: Boston and Quebec -- Campaign in Canada, 1775-1776 -- Struggle for New York, 1776 -- Ring out liberty! -- Slavery throughout the colonies -- Washington in charge -- Camp life for colonial troops -- Fire and blood across the frontier -- Campaigns in New York state, 1777 -- Spilling over the mountains: Frontier expansion -- After 1763 -- George Rogers Clark's campaign, 1778-1779: Maneuvers at sea -- Learning the ropes: Commanding the navy -- John Paul Jones's cruise and battle with Serapis, 1779 -- Money, mutiny, and morale: Major battles of the revolutionary war, 1777-1782 -- Life of Venture Smith -- Molly Brant and the Iroquois -- "World turned upside down": Invasion of the Iiroquois homelands during the American revolution, 1779 -- Charleston: Doorway to the south -- SeIge of Yorktown, September 28-October 18, 1781 -- Glorious triumph -- North America, 1783 -- New nation in the world. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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| Added Author |
Minks, Louise.
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| ISBN |
081604936X alkaline paper |
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