Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor : the forging of American independence, 1774-1776 / Richard R. Beeman.
In 1774 American independence was hardly inevitable-indeed, most Americans found it neither desirable nor likely. When delegates from the thirteen colonies gathered in September 1774, they were, in the words of John Adams, "a gathering of strangers." With their differing interests and cult...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g The |t Continental Congress : A Chronology --The |t Genesis of Revolution, |g 1763-1774 --The |t Quest for a Unified American Resistance --The |t Delegates Gather in Philadelphia -- |t Two Different Paths to Liberty : John Adams and John Dickinson --The |t Congress Organizes -- |t "Fight Against Them That Fight Against Me" -- |t Galloway's Last Stand -- |t Getting Acquainted in the City of Brotherly Love -- |t Power to the People --The |t First Congress Completes Its Business -- |t Escalation --A |t New Congress, Changed Circumstances -- |t John Hancock Enters the Drama -- |t Congress Assumes Command of a War -- |t Desperate Efforts at Reconciliation Amidst an Escalating War -- |t Managing a War While Seeking Peace -- |t Waiting for King George III -- |t Small Steps Toward Independence --The |t Year 1776 Dawns --"The |t Scales Have Fallen from Our Eyes" --"The |t Child Independence Is Now Struggling for Birth" -- |t Fourteen Paths to Independence --"The |t Greatest Debate of All" -- |t Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence -- |t America's Declaration of Independence. |
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