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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Table of Contents:
- 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.