American Revolution A History in Documents

The American Revolutionvividly illustrates through a collection of fascinating primary documents how, in the space of a few hundred years, contented colonists -- the majority of whom were transplanted English citizens -- would form an independent country that could challenge the greatest world power of the time -- and win.The American Revolutionexplores the colonies' break with Great Britain, the resulting war to gain independence, and the struggle to create a successful government for the new United States. Steven C. Bullock turns to such documents asCommon Sense, the Declaration of Independence, diaries, newspaper debates, slave petitions, and a pictorial essay on Paul Revere, showing that the words and actions of common men as well as great men played important roles in making the Revolution not just a coup d' 0tat, but a genuine change that shook the foundations of authority and dramatically changed American society.Bullock, Steven C. is the author of 'American Revolution A History in Documents', published 2003 under ISBN 9780195132243 and ISBN 0195132246.