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Assorted References
- major treatment
- Founding Fathers
- Franco-American Alliance
- Peace of Paris
- racial worldview
- religious freedom and Protestantism
- street gangs
- transatlantic slave trade
battlegrounds and camps
- Beaufort
- In Beaufort
- Berkeley swamps
- In Berkeley
- Bound Brook
- In Bound Brook
- Bunker Hill
- Charleston
- In Charleston
- Chelsea
- In Revere
- Cherokee
- In Cherokee
- Chesapeake
- In Chesapeake
- Concord
- In Concord
- Connecticut
- Dean’s Swamp
- In Aiken
- Detroit
- Elizabeth
- In Elizabeth
- Fort Lee
- In Fort Lee
- Fort Ticonderoga
- Greenwood
- In Greenwood
- Jersey City
- In Jersey City
- Lexington
- In Lexington
- Millburn
- In Millburn
- Morristown
- In Morristown
- New Brunswick
- New York City
- Norfolk
- In Norfolk
- Passaic
- In Passaic
- Perth Amboy
- In Perth Amboy
- Petersburg
- In Petersburg
- Philadelphia
- Point Pleasant
- Princeton
- In Princeton
- Providence
- In Providence
- Quebec
- Spartanburg
- In Spartanburg
- Ticonderoga
- In Ticonderoga
- Trenton
- In Trenton
- Valley Forge
- In Valley Forge
- Wayne
- In Wayne
- West Springfield
- Wheeling
- In Wheeling
- White Plains
- In White Plains
- Yorktown
- In Yorktown
- In Siege of Yorktown
contribution by
- Adams
- In John Adams
- Allen
- In Ethan Allen
- Arnold
- Barry
- In John Barry
- Boone
- In Daniel Boone
- Charles III of Spain
- Clark
- Clinton
- Cornwallis
- Culper Spy Ring
- Dartmouth
- Estaing
- Fox
- George III
- Grasse
- Green Mountain Boys
- Hamilton
- Henry
- Jackson
- Kościuszko
- Lafayette
- Ludington
- Morris
- Necker
- Nelson
- Noailles
- Oneida
- In Oneida
- Paine
- Pułaski
- Revere
- In Paul Revere
- Richmond
- Sackville-Germain
- Steuben
- Thomas
- Vergennes
- Washington
effect on
United States
- Brethren
- In Brethren
- Great Lakes
- Hudson River
- In Hudson River
- Iroquois Indians
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Springfield
- In Springfield
- Western Reserve
- Canada
- France
- Native American peoples
- Netherlands
- Spain
- United Kingdom
influence on
- American literature
- corporate development
- libertarianism
- modern society
- pamphleteering
- In pamphlet
- Romantic movement
- U.S. presidency
loyalist support
- In loyalist
- Cherokee people
- Hessian troops
- In Hesse-Kassel
- Knyphausen
- legal profession
- McGillivray
- Mohawk people
- In Mohawk
- Tecumseh
- Townshend
military affairs
- guerrilla warfare
- rangers
- In ranger
- submarines
- United States Army
political involvement
- Baltimore
- Declaration of Independence
- Machias
- In Machias
theories and interpretations
Burke’s views
- defense of traditional liberties
- Becker’s views
- In Carl Becker
- Gentz’s comments
- Jefferson
- nationalism’s manifestation
Additional Reading
Ray Raphael, A People’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence (2001); and Gordon S. Wood, The American Revolution: A History (2002), are insightful overviews of the Revolution. Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, 50th anniversary ed. (2017), examines the transmission of English republican ideology and its American reception. John Richard Alden, The American Revolution, 1775–1783 (1954, reissued 1987), is distinguished for its political and military analyses. Jack P. Greene (ed.), The American Revolution: Its Character and Limits (1987), contains a valuable collection of essays. Robert Middlekauff, The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789 (1982, revised 2005), examines the Revolution from a somewhat older point of view than is now fashionable.
Maya Jasanoff, Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World (2011), considers the Revolution from the perspective of those who remained loyal to British rule. Piers Mackesy, The War for America, 1775–1783 (1964, reissued 1993); and Nick Bunker, An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America (2014), explain the British side of the war. J.G.A. Pocock (ed.), Three British Revolutions: 1641, 1688, 1776 (1980, reissued 2014), sets the American Revolution in the historical context of British experience.
Carol Berkin, Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence (2005), explores the role that women played in the Revolution. Military histories include John Ferling, Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence (2007); John Shy, Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution (1965), on the British army in America; Don Higginbotham, The War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice, 1763–1789 (1971, reprinted 1983), which shows the interrelationship of military and political developments; Charles Royster, A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775–1783 (1979, reprinted 1996); William M. Fowler, Jr., Rebels Under Sail (1976), on the American navy; Nathaniel Philbrick, Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (2013), examining that key early battle; and Rick Atkinson, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–77 (2019).
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Add new Web site: Library of Congress - The American Revolution. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
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Anniversary information added. | Aug 27, 2024 | ||
Added a banner to the American Revolution timeline. | Jun 24, 2024 | ||
Clarified what Benedict Arnold did in 1780. | Mar 14, 2024 | ||
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Add new Web site: University of Oxford - Faculty of History - American Revolutions. | Apr 03, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - American Revolution. | Dec 04, 2022 | ||
Add new Web site: Econlib - Benefits of the American Revolution: An Exploration of Positive Externalities. | Aug 23, 2022 | ||
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Bibliography revised. | Nov 14, 2019 | ||
Top Questions updated. | Jun 21, 2019 | ||
Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - American Revolution Timeline. | Jan 14, 2019 | ||
Add new Web site: Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum - American Revolution. | Jan 14, 2019 | ||
Clarified the role played by the Netherlands in the American Revolution. | Oct 26, 2018 | ||
Add new Web site: The Washington Library Center for Digital History - The Revolutionary War. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
Add new Web site: The Washington Library Center for Digital History - The Revolutionary War. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
Media added. | Jul 07, 2017 | ||
Media added. | Jun 23, 2017 | ||
In the Prelude to war section, deleted cross-reference to Dartmouth. | Mar 07, 2017 | ||
Article thoroughly revised. | Sep 21, 2015 | ||
Add new Web site: World History International - The American Revolution. | Jul 17, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - American Revolution. | May 30, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: British Library - The American Revolution. | May 30, 2014 | ||
Media added. | Jun 27, 2013 | ||
Changed the number of men who crossed the Delaware with George Washington from "4,000" to "2,400." | Feb 07, 2013 | ||
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Summary of the American Revolution. | Dec 13, 2012 | ||
Add new Web site: NeoK12 - Educational Videos and Games for School Kids - American Revolution. | Nov 03, 2011 | ||
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - The Revolutionary War. | Aug 16, 2010 | ||
Add new Web site: National Park Service - American Revolution. | Jul 30, 2010 | ||
Add new Web site: National Park Service - American Revolution. | Jul 30, 2010 | ||
Add new Web site: The Patriot Files - Dedicated to the Preservation of the U.S. Military History. | Jul 26, 2010 | ||
Add new Web site: The Patriot Files - Dedicated to the Preservation of the U.S. Military History. | Jul 26, 2010 | ||
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - American Revolution. | Jul 22, 2010 | ||
Add new Web site: History World - The American Revolution. | Jul 22, 2010 | ||
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - American Revolutionary War. | Nov 05, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: Mountain City Elementary School - American Revolution. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Biography of Frederick Winslow Taylor. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: AmericanRevolution.com - History of American Revolution. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: Kidport.Com - The American Revolution. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: National Park Service - American Revolution. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - American Revolutionary War. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: The History Place - Prelude to Revolution. | May 26, 2008 | ||
Media added. | Mar 06, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: History.com - American Revolution. | Jan 21, 2008 | ||
Article revised and updated. | May 10, 2007 | ||
Added new Web site: History.com - The Revolution. | Apr 30, 2007 | ||
Added new Web site: The History Place - American Revolution. | Apr 30, 2007 | ||
Added new Web site: Liberty - The American Revolution. | Apr 30, 2007 | ||
Added new Web site: The Library of Congress - The American Revolution and Its Era - 1750-1789. | Oct 11, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: The Library of Congress - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic. | Sep 29, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: US History - Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution - Philadelphia Campaign. | Sep 29, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Library of Congress - John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations. | Sep 29, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: The Library of Congress - Primary Documents in American History. | Sep 27, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Official Site of National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. | Sep 07, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: World History International - The American Revolution. | Aug 03, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: The American Revolution Home Page. | May 10, 2006 | ||
Article revised. | Oct 30, 2003 | ||
Article revised. | Nov 10, 2000 | ||
Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |