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Oxford History of the United States: Book 3
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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War... read more
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People edit
- George Washington: Future First Pres.
- Thomas Jefferson: Add a description of this character.
- Benedict Arnold
- James Madison
- John Adams: "Independence forever" toast on 50th anniversary of Declaration of Independence ..July 4th 1826. Later died that day at age 91. Th. JEFFERSON died earlier same day
- Nathanael Greene
- Clinton
- Howe
- Cornwallis
- Townshend
- Thomas Gage
- James Otis
- George Grenville: Came up with Stamp Act
- Bernard
- Pitt: Sympathy for America
- Thomas Hutchinson
- Morris
- Wilson
- John Hancock
- Richard Henry Lee
- Ward
- Robinson
- Jensen
- John Dickinson
- Benjamin Franklin
- Sam Adams
- Arbuthnot
- George III
- Patrick Henry
- Oliver
- Jones
- Ferguson
- Prescott
- Freeman
- Stevens
- Gipson
- Ingersoll
Setting & Locations edit
- America
- New York City
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- New England
- Boston
- Great Britain
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- South Carolina
- Maryland
- Charleston
- Connecticut
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- London
- Cambridge
- Camden
- Rhode Island
- Georgia
- West Indies
- Newport
- United States
- France
- Europe
- Tarleton
- Delaware
- Canada
- Providence
- Concord
- Spain
- Chatham
- Charlestown
- Lexington
- Bedford
- Wickwires
- Long Island
- Bute
- Princeton
- East India Company
- Manhattan
- Carolinians
- Quebec
First Sentence edit
When George III acceded to the throne in 1760, his English subjects were singing with spirit once more.
Table of Contents edit
Maps
Editor's Introduction
Prologue: The Sustaining Truths
1. The Obstructed Giant
2. The Children of the Twice-Born
3. Beginnings: From the Top Down
4. The Stamp Act Crisis
5. Response
6. Selden's Penny
7. Chance and Charles Townshend
8. Boston Take the Lead
9. The "Bastards of England"
10. Drift
11. Resolution
12. War
13. "Half a War"
14. Independence
15. The War of Posts
16. The War of Maneuver
17. The Revolution Becomes a European War
18. The War in the South
19. The "Fugitive War"
20. Inside the Campaigns
21. Outside the Campaigns
22. Yorktown and Paris
23. The Constitutional Movement
24. The Children of the Twice-Born in the 1780s
25. The Constitutional Convention
26. Ratification: An End and a Beginning
Epilogue
Abbreviated Titles
Bibliographical Note
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 12 in Oxford History of the United States. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Middlekauf (Author)
Other Contributors:
- C. Vann Woodward (Series Editor)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA and Great Britain
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0195029216
Page Count: 720
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA and Great Britain
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0195029216
Page Count: 720
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 1983: History)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: E173 .O94
- Dewey: 973.3
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Colonial Period
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Revolution & Founding
- Books › History › Military › United States
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