The Scratch of a Pen
Subtitle: 1763 and the Transformation of North America
Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 10, 2006
Place of publication: Oxford, England; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780195300710
Copyright date: 2006
First sentence: REMEMBER THE YEAR 1763, the celebrated stage actor David Garrick told James Boswell.
Table of contents: title: Editor's note; title: 1763 timeline; title: Introduction : war, peace, and revolution; title: America and Americans in 1763; title: Contested lands; title: The first War of Independence; title: Setting boundaries; title: Endings and endurance in French America; title: Louisiana transfer and Mississippi frontier; title: Exiles and expulsions; title: Epilogue : A tale of two treaties