The American Revolution: Documents Decoded
byNeil Gould teaches in the department of History, Government, and Economics at Duchess County Community College in Poughkeepsie, NY.
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This engaging overview of the American Revolution enables readers to consider and understand history with greater intimacy and accuracy through more than 100 primary documents.
• Provides carefully selected key documents that help readers understand the American Revolution—and U.S. history in general• Makes primary source documents more accessible and comprehensible
• Includes a concise introduction that summarizes the critical points in the history of the American Revolution
• Shows how historians deconstruct and interpret documents
• Supplies useful annotations that guide the reader's analysis
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Table of Contents
The American Revolution: Documents Decoded
Author(s): Gould, Neil;Contributors: Gould, Neil;Abstract:This engaging overview of the American Revolution enables readers to consider and understand history with greater intimacy and accuracy through more than 100 primary documents.
• Provides carefully selected key documents that help readers understand the American Revolution—and U.S. history in general• Makes primary source documents more accessible and comprehensible
• Includes a concise introduction that summarizes the critical points in the history of the American Revolution
• Shows how historians deconstruct and interpret documents
• Supplies useful annotations that guide the reader's analysis
SortTitle: american revolution: documents decodedAuthor Info:Neil GouldauthorNeil Gould teaches in the department of History, Government, and Economics at Duchess County Community College in Poughkeepsie, NY.
eISBN-13: 9781440839474Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440839474.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440839467Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 312Publication Date: 20180831Series: Documents Decoded- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i12
- Title iii14
- Copyright iv15
- Dedication v16
- Contents vii18
- Introduction xi112
- SECTION I THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1118
- Contemporary Reports of the Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770) 5122
- Samuel Adams: Report on the Meeting of the Boston Committee of Correspondence (1772) 10127
- The Tea Act (1773) 13130
- The New York Sons of Liberty Tea Resolutions (1773) 19136
- Three Accounts of the Boston Tea Party (1773) 21138
- Maryland's Reaction to the Intolerable Acts (1773-1774) 25142
- The Committee of Correspondence (May 31, 1774) 27144
- The Suffolk Resolves (1774) 30147
- Thomas Jefferson's Summary View of the Rights of British America (August 1774) 36153
- Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses (March 23, 1775) 46163
- Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Small (May 7, 1775) 48165
- Congress Grants Washington Command of the Continental Army (July 3, 1775) 50167
- Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (July 6, 1775) 52169
- Letter from Thomas Jefferson Hoping for Reconciliation with Britain (August 25, 1775) 59176
- Thomas Paine: Common Sense (1776) 61178
- John Adams: "Thoughts on Government" (April 1776) 76193
- The Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776) 80197
- The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America (July 4, 1776) 831100
- The American Crisis Papers #1 (December 19, 1776) 851102
- Paul Revere's Account of His Ride (1783) 861103
- SECTION II BATTLES OF LIBERTY 891106
- Letters on Lexington and Concord (1775) 911108
- Bunker's Hill (1775) 1061123
- The Invasion of Montreal and Quebec (1775) 1231140
- The Siege of Boston (1775) 1291146
- The Battle for Long Island, Northern Manhattan, and White Plains (1776) 1371154
- The Battle of Trenton (1776) 1411158
- The Skirmish of Sag Harbor (1777) 1471164
- The Battles of Brandywine, Valley Forge, and the Paoli Massacre (1777-1778) 1501167
- The Battle of Monmouth (1778) 1571174
- The Battle of Saratoga (1777) 1621179
- The Battle of Yorktown (1781) 1801197
- SECTION III A NATION OF AMAZONS 2011218
- Patriotic Sentiments of an American Woman in Advocacy of the Revolution (June 1780) 2031220
- The Voice of Aristocracy: Mary Morris (June 10, 1780) 2051222
- Eyewitness to Independence: The Adams's Correspondence (July 1776) 2061223
- "Dirty Kate": The Hero of the Battle of Fort Washington (1779) 2091226
- Mercy Otis Warren: Poet and Propagandist (1774) 2121229
- Phillis Wheatley: Young Black Phenomenon (1773) 2141231
- Anna Winslow: A Boston Schoolgirl Writes Home (1771) 2161233
- A Soldier's Daughter's Pride (1876) 2181235
- Nancy Hart: Terror of the Georgia Tories 2201237
- Deborah Sampson Gannett: A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing 2221239
- Prudence Wright and the Women's Guard 2251242
- Patience Lovell Wright: Sculptress and Spy 2261243
- SECTION IV THE SONGS OF LIBERTY 2291246
- Peter St. John's "American Taxation" (1765) 2311248
- "The World Turned Upside Down" (1767) 2371254
- "The Liberty Song" and Its Parodies (1768) 2391256
- "To Our Ladies" (1769) 2411258
- "A New Song" (1774) 2431260
- Meshech Weare's "India Tea" (1774) 2451262
- "Pennsylvania Song" (1775) 2461263
- "Alphabet for Little Masters and Misses" (1775) 2481265
- "Adam's Fall, or the Trip to Cambridge" (1775) 2501267
- Verses from "Yankee Doodle" (1775) 2521269
- John Mason's "Liberty's Call" (1776) 2541271
- Benjamin Dearborn's "A War Song" (1776) 2561273
- "Off from Boston," or Military Song (1776) 2581275
- Jonathan Sewall's "On Independence" (1776) 2601277
- "To the Commons" (1776) 2621279
- The British Lamentation or "The Dying Redcoat" (1776) 2631280
- The Battle of Trenton: A Drinking Song (1777) 2651282
- "A Fable" (1778) 2671284
- "Our Women" (1780) 2701287
- "Address to the Vile Traitor" (1780) 2711288
- "Cornwallis Burgoyned" (1781) 2731290
- "Thanksgiving Hymn" (1783) 2751292
- Timeline of Events 2771294
- Further Reading 2811298
- Index 2831300
- About the Author 2911308