Revolutionary Period 1775 1800 category: 1601 books
by Donald J. Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Divisiveness is the hallmark of American politics today. Red state versus blue; liberal versus conservative; secular versus religious; the list goes on. Sometimes it seems we are no longer one nation, but in fact we are. Division and argument have always been a part of the American scene, no more...
by John Wesley
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
A Calm Address To Our America Colonies is an impassioned plea and argument by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, for the people of America to submit to their 'mother country', and to cease from revolutionary attitudes and actions. In this fascinating history piece, Wesley argues against democracy...
by Samuel Adams Drake
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Among the decisive events of the Revolutionary struggle, Burgoyne's campaign deservedly holds the foremost place, as well for what it led to, as for what it was in inception and execution--at once the most daring, most quixotic, and most disastrous effort of the whole war.
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
*Includes some of Adams's most famous quotes. *Includes pictures of Adams and important people, places, and events in his life. *Analyzes and explains Adams's controversial reputation and legacy.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."The liberties of our Country,...
Runaway America
Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2005
Scientist, abolitionist, revolutionary: that is the Benjamin Franklin we know and celebrate. To this description, the talented young historian David Waldstreicher shows we must add runaway, slave master, and empire builder. But Runaway America does much more than revise our image of a beloved founding...
American Leviathan
Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
The war that raged along America's frontier during the period of the American Revolution was longer, bloodier, and arguably more revolutionary than what transpired on the Atlantic coast.
Between 1763 and 1795 westerners not only participated in a War of Independence but engaged in a revolution...
Sons of Providence
The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
In 1774, as the new world simmered with tensions that would lead to the violent birth of a new nation, two Rhode Island brothers were heading toward their own war over the issue that haunts America to this day: slavery.
Set against a colonial backdrop teeming with radicals and reactionaries,...
Setting the World Ablaze
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2000
Setting the World Ablaze is the story of the American Revolution and of the three Founders who played crucial roles in winning the War of Independence and creating a new nation: George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Braiding three strands into one rich narrative, John Ferling brings...
The Making of a Patriot
Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
On January 29, 1774, Benjamin Franklin was called to appear before the Privy Council--a select group of the king's advisors--in an octagonal-shaped room in Whitehall Palace known as the Cockpit. Spurred by jeers and applause from the audience in the Cockpit, Solicitor General Alexander Wedderburn...
by Alexander Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Unfortunately, one of the best known aspects of Alexander Hamiltons (1755-1804) life is the manner in which he died, being shot and killed in a famous duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. But Hamilton became one of the most instrumental Founding Fathers of the United States in that time, not only in helping...
Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom
Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
The myth and the reality of Ethan Allen and the much-loved Green Mountain Boys of Vermont—a “surprising and interesting new account…useful, informative reexamination of an often-misunderstood aspect of the American Revolution” (Booklist).
In the “highly recommended” (Library Journal)...
Revolutionary Dissent
How the Founding Generation Created the Freedom of Speech
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
When members of the founding generation protested against British authority, debated separation, and then ratified the Constitution, they formed the American political character we know today-raucous, intemperate, and often mean-spirited. Revolutionary Dissent brings alive a world of colorful and...
by John André
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Journal of Major John André is the journal of the famous British spy who was caught attempting to assist Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War.
Old Put, the Patriot
The Life Story of Israel Putnam
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790) was an American army general and Freemason, popularly known as "Old Put," who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). His reckless courage and fighting spirit were known...