The American Revolution : a history in documents /
Steven C. Bullock.
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.
- 205 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Pages from history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-196) and index.
The family quarrel : the coming of the revolution -- Breaking the bonds : war and independence -- Taking sides : the experience of war -- Building governments : revolutions in government -- The limits of liberty : revolutions in society and culture -- Paul Revere : craftsman of the Revolution -- The living revolution : the Revolution remembered.
Uses contemporary documents to explore the American Revolution, from the colonists' break with Great Britain through the struggle to create a successful government for the new United States.