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Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor : the forging of American independence, 1774-1776
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Acclaimed historian Richard R. Beeman examines the grueling 22-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774, and the audacious decision for independence in July...
Acclaimed historian Richard R. Beeman examines the grueling 22-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774, and the audacious decision for independence in July 1775.
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- Creator
- Richard R. Beeman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013
- Physical Details
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- xix, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780465026296, 046502629X, 9780465037827, 0465037828
- OCLC
- ocn827119771
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The continental Congress : a chronology -- The Genesis of revolution, 1763-1774 -- The quest for a unified American resistance -- The delegates gather in Philadelphia -- Two different paths to liberty : John Adams and John Dickinson -- The Congress organizes -- "Fight against them that fight against me" -- Galloway's last stand -- Getting acquainted in the city of brotherly love -- Power to the people -- The first Congress completes its business -- Escalation -- A new Congress, changed circumstances -- John Hancock enters the drama -- Congress assumes command of a war -- Desperate efforts at reconciliation amidst an escalating war -- Managing a war while seeking peace -- Waiting for King George III -- Small steps toward independence -- The year 1776 dawns -- "The scales have fallen from our eyes" -- "The child Independence is now struggling for birth" -- Fourteen paths to independence -- "The greatest debate of all" -- Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence -- America's Declaration of Independence
Subjects
- United States. Continental Congress -- History.
- Revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography.
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.