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The American Revolution

Author: Joseph C Morton
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Series: Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A reference guide to the American Revolution containing an overview essay, essays on such topics as the home front and revolutionary diplomacy, biographies of nineteen major revolutionary figures, eleven primary documents, a chronology, and an annotated bibliography.
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Morton, Joseph C.
American Revolution.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003
(OCoLC)606996050
Online version:
Morton, Joseph C.
American Revolution.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003
(OCoLC)608794392
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Joseph C Morton
OCLC Number: 1145778419
Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages : illustrations, maps).
Contents: Series Foreword / Linda S. Frey, Marsha L. Frey --
Narrative Historical Overview --
The Road to Revolution --
The Necessary War --
The Home Front --
Revolutionary Diplomacy --
Concluding Interpretive Essay: The Glorious Cause --
Abigail Adams --
John Adams --
Samuel Adams --
Benedict Arnold --
Daniel Boone --
Joseph Brant --
John Dickinson --
Benjamin Franklin --
King George III --
Patrick Henry --
Thomas Hutchinson --
John Jay --
Thomas Jefferson --
John Paul Jones --
Richard Henry Lee --
Robert Morris --
Thomas Paine --
Mercy Otis Warren --
George Washington.
Series Title: Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900.
Responsibility: Joseph C. Morton.

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A starting point for student and general-reader research, this concise reference guide surveys the events that brought about the birth of the American republic. It includes an overview essay that  Read more...

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