Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor
Subtitle: the forging of American independence, 1774-1776
By: Richard R. Beeman
Publisher: Basic Books; Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780465026296
Subjects: Politics and government; Revolutionaries; United States; United States. Continental Congress; Statesmen; Biography; History
Description: Acclaimed historian Richard R. Beeman examines the grueling 22-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774, and the audacious decision for independence in July 1775.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The continental Congress : a chronology; title: The Genesis of revolution, 1763-1774; title: The quest for a unified American resistance; title: The delegates gather in Philadelphia; title: Two different paths to liberty : John Adams and John Dickinson; title: The Congress organizes; title: "Fight against them that fight against me"; title: Galloway's last stand; title: Getting acquainted in the city of brotherly love; title: Power to the people; title: The first Congress completes its business; title: Escalation; title: A new Congress, changed circumstances; title: John Hancock enters the drama; title: Congress assumes command of a war; title: Desperate efforts at reconciliation amidst an escalating war; title: Managing a war while seeking peace; title: Waiting for King George III; title: Small steps toward independence; title: The year 1776 dawns; title: "The scales have fallen from our eyes"; title: "The child Independence is now struggling for birth"; title: Fourteen paths to independence; title: "The greatest debate of all"; title: Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence; title: America's Declaration of Independence.