The American Revolution

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Now you can study The American Revolution from first-hand perspective. This essential eBook includes 85 primary source accounts from 1745 to 1784. No source is better than the original. It is untainted and tells the history as it happened.

The content in this eBook is included in our colossal "First-hand History of America" collection with over 1,200 primary source accounts.

*Includes 85 Accounts:

  • The Two Sieges of Louisbourg – Bradley
  • Washington's Expedition to the Ohio – Washington
  • Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows – Bradley
  • Benjamin Franklin's Plan of Union – Benjamin Franklin
  • The Defeat of Braddock – A. G. Bradley
  • Braddock's Defeat – George Washington
  • The Deportation of the Acadians of Nova Scotia – A. G. Bradley
  • The Deportation of the Acadians – Colonel John Winslow
  • Wolfe Defeats Montcalm at Quebec – Captain John Knox
  • In Opposition to Writs of Assistance – James Otis
  • The Stamp Act and its Repeal – William E. H. Lechy
  • Pitt's Protest Against the Stamp Act – William Pitt
  • Declaration of Rights – Delegates from Nine Colonies
  • The Repeal of the Stamp Act – Secretary Henry Seymour Conway
  • Brant to Lord Germaine – Brant
  • Benjamin Franklin's Examination Before the House of Commons – Benjamin Franklin
  • Daniel Boone Migrates to Kentucky – Daniel Boone
  • Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky – Theodore Roosevelt
  • The Spanish Settle in California – Josiah Royce
  • An Eye-witness Describes the Boston Massacre – John Tudor
  • Indentured "White Slaves" in the Colonies – William Eddis
  • The Boston Tea Party – Thomas Hutchinson
  • The First Continental Congress – John Adams
  • Logan to Lord Dunmore – Logan
  • Patrick Henry's Call to Arms – William Wirt
  • Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill – William E. H. Lecky
  • Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech – Patrick Henry
  • Washington's Appointment as Commander-in-chief – Washington Irving
  • Washington Appointed Commander-in-chief—His Speech of Acceptance – George Washington
  • The Battle of Lexington—A Contemporary Account – Salem Gazette
  • The Battle of Concord – The Reverend William Emerson
  • Farewell to Mrs. Washington – George Washington
  • Washington at Cambridge – George Washington
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill – A Leader of the Provincial Forces
  • Paul Revere Tells of His Midnight Ride—Deposition of 1775 – Paul Revere
  • The Dramatic Capture of Ticonderoga – Ethan Allen
  • The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence – Committee of Mecklenburg County
  • Washington's Capture of Boston – George Washington
  • The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" – James Parton
  • The Writing of The Declaration of Independence – Thomas Jefferson
  • Jefferson's Original Draft of The Declaration – Thomas Jefferson
  • Why Jefferson Was Chosen To Write The Declaration – John Adams
  • Franklin in France – Sir George Trevelyan
  • A Call For Independence – Thomas Paine
  • The Siege and Capture of Boston: Washington's Own Reports to the President of Congress – George Washington
  • The Battle of Long Island – A British Field-Officer
  • The Evacuation of New York – General George Clinton
  • The Battle of White Plains – General William Heath
  • Washington, Discouraged, Appeals to Congress – George Washington
  • The Battles of Trenton and Princeton – General George Washington
  • Samuel Adams on American Independence – Samuel Adams
  • The Battles of Trenton and Princeton – William E. H. Lecky
  • The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga – Sir Edward Creasy
  • The Defeat and Surrender of Burgoyne – Frederika Charlotte Louise, Baroness von Riedesel
  • Lafayette Arrives in America – Marie Paul Joseph, Marquis de Lafayette
  • Lafayette in the American Revolution – Marie Paul Joseph, Marquis de Lafayette
  • Washington at Valley Forge – Doctor Albigence Waldo
  • Letters of Lafayette and Washington – Lafayette and Washington
  • France Recognizes American Independence – Benjamin Franklin
  • A Warning Against Conciliation – Patrick Henry
  • The Capture of Vincennes – George Rogers Clark
  • Wayne Surprises and Storms Stony Point – George Washington
  • The Capture of the Serapis by the Bon Homme Richard – Commodore John Paul Jones
  • Arnold's Treason – William E. H. Lecky
  • Arnold's Treason – George Washington and Nathaniel Greene
  • Andre, Facing Execution, Writes to Washington – John Andre
  • The Execution of Andre – General William Heath
  • The Last Days of the Revolution – James Madison
  • Washington's Services in the War – William E. H. Lecky
  • The Battle of Yorktown – General Charles Cornwallis
  • Washington Reports the Yorktown Surrender – George Washington
  • Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown – The U.S. and British Governments
  • Explaining the Treaty of Paris – Adams, Franklin, Jay and Laurens
  • The Meaning of American Democracy – Francois Jean, Marquis de Chastellux
  • The Cost of the War – Richard Hildreth
  • Washington Resigns His Commission To Congress – Rev. William Gordon, D.D.
  • Washington Bids His Army Farewell – George Washington
  • A New World Power – Thomas Pownall
  • Facing Bankruptcy and Mutiny – John Fiske
  • Mutinous Troops Threaten Congress – Elias Boudinot
  • The Treaty of Paris Negotiations – John Fiske
  • Treaty with Great Britain, 1783 – The U.S. and British Governments
  • The Public Land Problem – Thomas Paine
  • American Characteristics – Benjamin Franklin

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