The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution

by Royster,Charles

• ISBN13: 9780415922432
• ISBN10: 0415922437
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states." (from The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776) By the mid-1700s substantial differences in life, thought, and interests had developed between the British North American Colonies and the mother country. A distinctly American way of life was rapidly developing. In a few years a new nation would be born and the reverberations from the ensuing conflict would be felt throughout the Western world. Detailing the entire history of the struggle for independence, from Colonial governments to the early days of the American Republic,The Historical Atlas of the American Revolutionuses full-color maps and vivid illustrations in two-page spreads to tell the story of the founding of the United States of America. The book focuses in large part on the land and sea battles of the Revolutionary War, butattention is also paid to the society at large and the international impact of the war for independence. Coverage includes: The French and Indian War George Washington in the West Native Americans before the War of Independence Lexington and Concord Saratoga Battle of the Chesapeake Battle of Guilford Courthouse Battle of Yorktown Spanish Operations in the South and West African Americans in the new republic The Constitution Foreign Policy after the War The Emergence of King Cotton This large, beautifully illustrated, historically authoritative book explores these momentous events in an eminently readable and visually stunning manner. The book's consulting editor, renowned historian Charles Royster, also contributes a foreword. Also includes 70 color maps and illustrations.

Author Biography

Ian Barnes is Head of Politics and International Studies at the University of Derby.

Table of Contents

Foreword	8	(3)
Introduction	11	(3)
Chronology	14	(4)
British North America	18	(20)
The Colonies	22	(2)
Native Americans	24	(2)
Church Formation	26	(2)
Church and Politics	28	(2)
Trade and Industry	30	(2)
Origins of Settler Population	32	(2)
The Slave Triangle	34	(2)
Density of Population Settlement	36	(2)
Prologue to Dissent	38	(26)
King William's War	44	(2)
Queen Anne's War	46	(2)
King George's War	48	(2)
French and Indian Wars	50	(2)
Methods of 18th-century War	52	(2)
George Washington in the West	54	(2)
Global Implication of American Wars	56	(2)
Native Americans Before the War	58	(2)
Division in Colonial Society	60	(2)
The Quebec Act	62	(2)
The Shot Heard Around the World	64	(14)
Distribution of Armed Forces in the Colonies	68	(2)
Lexington and Concord	70	(2)
Fort Ticonderoga to Canada	72	(2)
Bunker Hill	74	(2)
Battle for Valcour Island	76	(2)
Washington Assumes Command	78	(24)
Battle of Long Island and Harlem Heights	82	(2)
Battle of White Plains	84	(2)
Battle of Trenton	86	(2)
Battle of Princeton	88	(2)
Ticonderoga and Hubbardton	90	(2)
Oriskany and Fort Stanwix	92	(2)
Battle of the Brandywine	94	(2)
Saratoga Campaign	96	(2)
Battle of Germantown	98	(2)
Northern Stalemate	100	(2)
The Help of Foreign Friends	102	(20)
Savannah and Charleston	106	(2)
Battle of Camden	108	(2)
Battle of King's Mountain	110	(2)
Battle of Cowpens	112	(2)
Guilford Courthouse	114	(2)
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill	116	(2)
Eutaw Springs	118	(2)
Siege of Yorktown	120	(2)
War at Sea	122	(16)
Privateers and Pinpricks	126	(2)
Battle of Flamborough Head	128	(2)
Battle of the Chesapeake, 1781	130	(2)
Rodney's Naval Campaigns	132	(2)
Battle of the Saintes	134	(2)
Oceanic Dimensions	136	(2)
Other Battle Fronts, Native Americans' Dismay	138	(14)
Joseph Brant	142	(2)
George Rogers Clark and French Possessions	144	(2)
Sullivan's Campaigns	146	(2)
The Ohio Campaigns	148	(2)
Spanish Operations in the South and West	150	(2)
Birth of Politics	152	(20)
The Treaty of Paris	156	(2)
Empire Loyalists	158	(2)
Native Americans	160	(2)
African Americans	162	(2)
Ratification of the Constitution	164	(2)
The Constitution	166	(2)
The Election of 1800	168	(2)
People of the New Nation	170	(2)
The State Expands	172	(16)
Foreign Policy After the War	178	(2)
Transatlantic Revolutions	180	(2)
Expansion and Settlement	182	(2)
Opening of the West	184	(2)
King Cotton	186	(2)
Selected Biographies	188	(8)
Bibliography	196	(2)
Index	198	(11)
Map Name Index	209	(15)
Acknowledgments	224