British Friends of the American Revolution [1 ed.] 0765600730, 9780765600738

British Friends of the American Revolution 0765600730, 9780765600738

This volume profiles a dozen British men and women, who, for varying reasons, opposed the policy of the British governme

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Imagining the British Atlantic after the American Revolution 9781442624375

Drawing on examples from different local and regional contexts,Imagining the British Atlantic after the American Revolut

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Sentiments of a British-American Woman: Esther DeBerdt Reed and the American Revolution 9780271080635

At the time of her death in 1780, British-born Esther DeBerdt Reed—a name few know today—was one of the most politically

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Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution 1819569379

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Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution 9781501736612

McCurdy shows that the Quartering Act had significant ramifications, codified in the Third Amendment, for contemporary i

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Toward Lexington: the role of the British Army in the coming of the American Revolution 9780608185699

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The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire

The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent mi

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The Radicalism of the American Revolution 9780307758965

In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning h

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The Women of the American Revolution 9780975366721

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The American Revolution 9781610620987

Dive deep into the history of The American Revolution anywhere you go: on a plane, on a mountain, in a canoe, under a tr

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