1775-1783, revolution

A modern, annotated adaptation of the 1848 text that explores the roles played by eighty-four American women in the Revolution War.

After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.

When her owner dies at the start of the Revolution, a greedy nephew keeps Isabel and her younger sister enslaved and sells them to Loyalists in New York, where she is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots.

A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.

A comparative history of the revolutionary age in the Americas, looking at the American Revolution of 1776, the slave revolt in Saint Dominque (now Haiti) in 1791, and the Spanish-American fight for independence, and arguing that the issues at stake in those wars remain central in modern American politics.

Chronicles the reactions of people from all walks of life to the news that the American Revolution had begun, from jubilant rebel leaders to farmers, shopkeepers, and Europeans.

Offers an alternative history of the American Revolution, portraying the colonists as conquerors and their revolution as a rebellion over control of conquests.

Examines the period in American history when the colonies challenged British authority, won independence, and began a new nation.

Paul Revere sets off to warn the American colonists of the approach of British soldiers in the spring of 1775.

Examines the causes and conduct of the American Revolution, a war waged by the American colonies for freedom from Great Britain, and looks at the aftermath of the conflict.