History Of The American Revolution

John R. Alden was Professor of History at Duke University for many years. The author of several books, including the South in the Revolution and a biography of Washington, he lives in Florida.

• * The American Colonies * Britain in the Year 1763 * A Casual Empire * A New British Policy * A Breach in the Empire * Britain Retreats * The Second Challenge From Britain * The Townshend Crisis * A Decade of Westward Advance * The Tea Troubles * Rebellion * Britain Chooses War * The War Spreads * The Invasion of Canada * Britain Prepares for War * The Declaration of Independence * The Opposing Forces * From Brooklyn to Princeton * The Fall of Philadelphia * Saratoga * The American Federacy * Social Reform * France Intervenes * Deadlock in the North * British Triumphs in the South * The Western Front * The War at Home * The End of the War * The Peace of Paris * The Fate of the Loyalists * The Forging of the American Union