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Independence : the struggle to set America free
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Independence : the struggle to set America free / John Ferling.
ISBN
9781608190089 (alk. paper)
1608190080 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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