Igniting the American Revolution.

Summary: Panning the years 1773-1775 and drawing on new material from meticulous research and previously unpublished documents, letters, and diaries, Igniting the American Revolution sweeps readers from the rumblings that led to the Boston Tea Party to the halls of Parliament-where Ben Franklin was almost run out of England for pleading on behalf of the colonies-to that fateful Expedition to Concord which resulted in the shot heard round the world. With exquisite detail and keen insight, Beck brings revolutionary America to life in all its enthusiastic and fiery patriotic fervor, painting a nuanced portrait of the perspectives, ambitions, people, and events on both the British and the American sides that eventually would lead to the convention in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776.

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ISBN: 9781492613978
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Physical Description: print
467 p. : ill.; maps.
Publisher: Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	includes Bibliographical references (p.443-463) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I. Ratcheting tensions (1773-1774) -- Dawn of an epoch -- Coercive measures -- An army from across the sea -- An unstable peace -- Part II. Taking up arms (January to mid-May 1775) -- A disquieting thaw -- Many preparations -- The die is cast -- The rending of an empire -- A countryside unleashed -- An emboldened people -- The spreading flames of rebellion.