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The American Revolution was a war, but it was also a time, a span of history, in which some people fought, but most just lived. They thought, acted, worked, raised families, worshipped, built, sold, bought, and tried to live as best they could in a time of hope, anxiety, despair, loss, gain, and, above all, disruption.
In the Time of the Revolution is a popular, single-volume history of the American Revolution, 1775 to 1783, an intensely active, exciting, and critical span of time in North America. It began with a lopsided skirmish at Lexington, Massachusetts, culminated militarily in a major amphibious campaign mounted by a large Franco-American army against British army and naval forces at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, and then passed through two more years of desultory combat and cruel fights between diehard Loyalists and vengeful Patriots before ending in the Treaty of Paris. During these eight years in an America that was a collection of young towns on the edge of a vast wilderness, the break-up with the mother country was the central fact of life.
In the Time of the Revolution is a popular, single-volume history of the American Revolution, 1775 to 1783, an intensely active, exciting, and critical span of time in North America. It began with a lopsided skirmish at Lexington, Massachusetts, culminated militarily in a major amphibious campaign mounted by a large Franco-American army against British army and naval forces at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, and then passed through two more years of desultory combat and cruel fights between diehard Loyalists and vengeful Patriots before ending in the Treaty of Paris. During these eight years in an America that was a collection of young towns on the edge of a vast wilderness, the break-up with the mother country was the central fact of life.
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Table of contents
- Introduction: The American Crisis
- Chapter 1: Why Our Founding Fathers Fought Our Mother Country
- Chapter 2: The War Young Washington Started
- Chapter 3: The Rich, the Poor, and the “Middling Sort”
- Chapter 4: Patriots, Loyalists, Native Americans, and Slaves
- Chapter 5: America Praying, America Thinking
- Chapter 6: King and Parliament
- Chapter 7: From Massacre to Tea Party
- Chapter 8: Tipping Point
- Chapter 9: Heard round the World
- Chapter 10: Of Green Mountains and Continental Ambitions
- Chapter 11: Defeat and Triumph in Boston
- Chapter 12: A Time of Decision
- Chapter 13: The Long Retreat
- Chapter 14: Counterattack
- Chapter 15: Gentleman Johnny’s Plan
- Chapter 16: The Capital Falls Yet the War Continues
- Chapter 17: Saratoga Glory and an Ally Earned
- Chapter 18: Hope Dims, Winter Calls
- Chapter 19: Springtime
- Chapter 20: Out of Uniform
- Chapter 21: The Southern Strategy
- Chapter 22: A Trial of Souls
- Chapter 23: A Hero’s Life
- Chapter 24: The Backcountry War
- Chapter 25: Upside Down
- Chapter 26: Never a Good War or a Bad Peace