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This outstanding narrative history, the first volume to appear in the Oxford History of the United States, offers an intimate view of the development of the Revolutionary War, the battle between the colonies and the motherland, and the establishment of the American republic. Beginning with theTreaty of Paris in 1763 and continuing to the election of George Washington as the first president, Robert Middlekauff charts the growing conflict between England and America and portrays the drama and anguish of the colonies' struggle for independence.

Robert Middlekauff is Preston Hotchkiss Professor of American History, Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent work, The Mathers, was the winner of the Bancroft Prize

Editor's Introduction	p. xv
Prologue: The Sustaining Truths	p. 3
The Obstructed Giant	p. 7
The Children of the Twice-Born	p. 26
Beginnings: From the Top Down	p. 49
The Stamp Act Crisis	p. 70
Response	p. 94
Selden's Penny	p. 118
Chance and Charles Townshend	p. 136
Boston Takes the Lead	p. 153
The "Bastards of England,"	p. 174
Drift	p. 208
Resolution	p. 221
War	p. 250
"Half a War"	p. 274
Independece	p. 312
The War of Posts	p. 333
The War of Maneuver	p. 363
The Revolution Becomes a European War	p. 396
The War in the South	p. 434
The "Fugitive War"	p. 458
Inside the Campaigns	p. 496
Outside the Campaigns	p. 535
Yorktown and Paris	p. 559
The Constitutional Movement	p. 582
The Children of the Twice-Born in the 1780s	p. 602
The Constitutional Convention	p. 622
Ratification: An End and a Beginning	p. 649
Epilogue: The Enduring Truths	p. 665
Abbreviated Titles	p. 666
Bibliographical Note	p. 669
Index	p. 675
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The Glorious Cause The American Revolution, 1763-1789

The Glorious Cause The American Revolution, 1763-1789

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