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Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor : the forging of American independence, 1774-1776
Title:
Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor : the forging of American independence, 1774-1776
Author:
Beeman, Richard R.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013.
Physical Description:
xix, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The continental Congress : a chronology -- The Genesis of revolution, 1763-1774 -- The quest for a unified American resistance -- The delegates gather in Philadelphia -- Two different paths to liberty : John Adams and John Dickinson -- The Congress organizes -- "Fight against them that fight against me" -- Galloway's last stand -- Getting acquainted in the city of brotherly love -- Power to the people -- The first Congress completes its business -- Escalation -- A new Congress, changed circumstances -- John Hancock enters the drama -- Congress assumes command of a war -- Desperate efforts at reconciliation amidst an escalating war -- Managing a war while seeking peace -- Waiting for King George III -- Small steps toward independence -- The year 1776 dawns -- "The scales have fallen from our eyes" -- "The child Independence is now struggling for birth" -- Fourteen paths to independence -- "The greatest debate of all" -- Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence -- America's Declaration of Independence.
ISBN:
9780465026296
Format :
Book