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9780195132243

The American Revolution A History in Documents

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    9780195132243

  • ISBN10:

    0195132246

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-08-07
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

The American Revolution vividly illustrates through a collection of fascinating primary documents how, in the space of a few hundred years, contented colonists -- the majority of whom were transplanted English citizens -- would form an independent country that could challenge the greatestworld power of the time -- and win. The American Revolution explores the colonies' break with Great Britain, the resulting war to gain independence, and the struggle to create a successful government for the new United States. Steven C. Bullock turns to such documents as Common Sense, theDeclaration of Independence, diaries, newspaper debates, slave petitions, and a pictorial essay on Paul Revere, showing that the words and actions of common men as well as great men played important roles in making the Revolution not just a coup d'Etat, but a genuine change that shook thefoundations of authority and dramatically changed American society.

Author Biography


Stephen C. Bullock is Associate Professor of United States History at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Table of Contents

What Is a Document 6(2)
How To Read a Document 8(3)
Introduction: Madness and the Revolution 11(6)
The Family Quarrel: The Coming of the Revolution
17(24)
Growing Children
19(2)
Raising Money and Rising Anger
21(6)
We Are Therefore---Slaves
27(2)
Violence in the Streets
29(5)
Tea in the Harbor
34(7)
Breaking the Bonds: War and Independence
41(30)
The Road from Lexington and Concord
42(3)
Causes and Necessities
45(8)
Free and Independent
53(7)
Was Washington Good Enough?
60(4)
Little Successes---and Big Ones
64(7)
Taking Sides: The Experience of War
71(30)
Problems of Loyalty
72(5)
Friends, Families, and Fighting
77(4)
Divided Loyalties
81(7)
The Fortunes---and Misfortunes---of War
88(5)
Women and the War
93(8)
Building Governments: Revolutions in Government
101(26)
The Problems of Peace
102(6)
Economic Successes and Failures
108(3)
Constructing and Reconstructing Governments
111(7)
Reconstituting the Federal Government
118(9)
The Limits of Liberty: Revolutions in Society and Culture
127(28)
The Religious Revolution
128(5)
Changing Ways of Worship
133(5)
Liberty, But Not for All
138(8)
Honorable Daughters of America
146(9)
Paul Revere: Craftsman of the Revolution
155(8)
The Making of an Artisan
156(2)
The Making of a Revolutionary
158(2)
The Midnight Ride
160(1)
The Post-Revolutionary Businessman
161(2)
The Living Revolution: The Revolution Remembered
163(29)
Commemorations and Celebrations
164(8)
American Anniversaries
172(4)
The Political Uses of the Revolution
176(8)
The American Revolution Beyond America
184(8)
Timeline 192(2)
Further Reading 194(3)
Text Credits 197(2)
Picture Credits 199(2)
Index 201

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