Describes the life and times of the well-known hero of the American Revolution, Paul Revere, a patriot and silversmith whose midnight ride was made famous in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Describes the life and times of the well-known naval hero of the American Revolution, John Paul Jones, who is called the father of the United States Navy.
Examines the negotiations that took place in Paris, France, in 1782 during which John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams worked to have the United States recognized as a sovereign country and to define its borders.
Explores the Revolutionary War, covering taxation, the French and Indian War, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Army, the siege of Boston, and the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Breed's Hill.
Chronicles the Revolutionary War from its beginnings in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, to its end in Yorktown, Virginia, describing its major battles and figures.
A global history of the post-Revolutionary War exodus of sixty thousand Americans loyal to the British Empire to such regions as Canada, India, and Sierra Leone traces the experiences of specific individuals while challenging popular conceptions about the founding of the United States.
