The real revolution : the global story of American independence / by Marc Aronson.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Clarion Books, ©2005.Description: xvii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780618181797
- 0618181792
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- To 1799
- World politics -- 18th century
- Globalization -- Juvenile literature
- World politics -- 18th century
- Globalization
- Globalization
- Political science
- World politics
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775 -- Juvenile literature
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789 -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes
- United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789
- Great Britain
- United States
- 973.3 22
- E210 .A76 2005
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library STACKS | E210 .A76 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 1 | Available | 197010062 |
Part of libraries Ncss recommeded collection, Grade 6-8.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221) and index.
Three Soldiers: Robert Clive, George Washington, and James Wolfe -- First soldier: From despair to conquest: Exile in Madras -- Impossible siege -- Out of victory, defeat -- Second soldier: Into the forest: Arrow -- Half King's gamble -- "Poor Brittons remember" -- Heroes: "Black hole of Calcutta" -- Third and perfect soldier: James Wolfe -- Rights and Rules: Three challenges: Legal challenge: Child is born in Boston -- Military challenge: Rebellion in the Appalachian foothills -- Mob's challenge: Hellfire in London -- London responds: Prime Minister -- East India Company -- Slave or free?: Spirit of freedom -- Slavery -- Networks: Spirit of democracy -- Mobs -- Franklin addresses Parliament -- Edges of empire: "Indians' hunting ground" -- Rules of Bengal -- Crisis: 9 half measures: "What is England now" -- Farmer writes, and the "Man of the Revolution" speaks -- Liberty: Liberty -- Hunger -- Tea: "A designƯto enslave America" -- Collapse -- George Washington and Robert Clive -- Intolerable: Action -- Reaction -- Common sense: "An asylum for mankind" -- Making a Nation -- Revolutions: Jewel in the crown.
Why did the American Revolution take place? It was about more than the dates and details we all know: war elephants charging a fort in India and high-stakes gambles of bankers in Scotland, among other events, also played a part in the "real revolution" in the minds of the entire population of what would become the United States.