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Independence : the tangled roots of the American Revolution
Title
Independence : the tangled roots of the American Revolution / Thomas P. Slaughter.
ISBN
9780809058341 (hardcover)
0809058340 (hardcover)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Hill and Wang, A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
Presents a new interpretation of the American fight for independence that chronicles and clarifies the one hundred fifty-year effort of colonists to escape imperial rule through organized, increasingly intense uprisings.
Variant and related titles
Tangled roots of the American Revolution
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Foundations
Borderlands
Commerce
Wars
Battlefields
Global empires
Hearts and minds
Part II. Fits and stops
The spirit of 1763
1763
Taxes
Stamps
Resistance
Massacre
Independence
Parties
Intolerable events
Continental Congress
Part III. Independence
Revolution
Conclusion.
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