Independence : the struggle to set America free /: the struggle to set America free. (©2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Independence : the struggle to set America free /: the struggle to set America free. (©2011)
- Main Title:
- Independence : the struggle to set America free
- Further Information:
- Note: John Ferling.
- Other Names:
- Ferling, John E
- Contents:
- "In the very midst of a revolution" : the proposal to declare independence -- "A spirit of riot and rebellion" : Lord North, Benjamin Franklin, and the American crisis -- "Defenders of American liberty" : Samuel Adams, Joseph Galloway, and the First Continental Congress -- "It is a bill of war. It draws the sword" : Lord Dartmouth, George Washington, hostilities -- "A rescript written in blood" : John Dickinson and the appeal of reconciliation -- "Progress must be slow" : John Adams and the politics of a divided Congress -- "The king will produce the grandest revolution" : George III and the American rebellion -- "The folly and madness of the ministry" : Charles James Fox, Thomas Paine, and the war -- "We might get ourselves upon dangerous ground" : James Wilson, Robert Morris, Lord Howe, and the search for peace -- "The fatal stab" : Abigail Adams and the realities of the struggle for independence -- "Not choice, but necessity that calls for independence" : the dilemma and strategy of Robert Livingston -- "The character of a fine writer" : Thomas Jefferson and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence -- "May Heaven prosper the new born republic" : Setting America free -- "This will cement the Union" : America is set free.
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Bloomsbury Press
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Copyright Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xii, 434 pages), illustrations, map
- Subjects:
- 973.3
History -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Statesmen -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Politics and government
Statesmen
Statesmen -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Regional & national history
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes
Great Britain
United States
United States -- History -- 1600-1775, Colonial period
United States -- Politics and government
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
United States -- History -- 1775-1783, Revolution -- Causes
Great Britain -- Politics and government
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781608193806
1608193802 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781608190089
1608190080 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-371) and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.70718
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- 01_077.xml