- Essays on the American Revolution
In this Book
- Stephen G. Kurtz
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Table of Contents
- Title page, Copyright
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- 1. The Central Themes of the American Revolution: An Interpretation
- BERNARD BAILYN
- 2. An Uneasy Connection: An Analysis of the Preconditions of the American Revolution
- JACK P. GREENE
- 3. Violence and the American Revolution
- RICHARD MAXWELL BROWN
- 4. The American Revolution: The Military Conflict Considered as a Revolutionary War
- pp. 121-156
- 5. The Structure of Politics in the Continental Congress
- H. JAMES HENDERSON
- pp. 157-196
- 6. The Role of Religion in the Revolution: Liberty of Conscience and Cultural Cohesion in the New Nation
- WILLIAM G. McLOUGHLIN
- pp. 197-255
- 7. Feudalism, Communalism, and the Yeoman Freeholder: The American Revolution Considered as a Social Accident
- ROWLAND BERTHOFF AND JOHN M. MURRIN
- pp. 256-288
- 8. Conflict and Consensus in the American Revolution
- EDMUND S. MORGAN
- pp. 289-310
- pp. 311-318
- Notes on the Contributors
- pp. 319-320
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The American Revolution was a war for independence by the American colonies against Great Britain. It began in 1775 and lasted until 1783, with the Americans winning the war. According to historians, the British had the superior army.
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