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Witness the dramatic birth of a nation in this vivid account of rebellion, war, and revolution during the struggle for American independence.
In American History: Volume VI—Revolt of the Colonies, celebrated historian Jacob Abbott recounts the turbulent events that transformed Britain’s American colonies into the independent United States of America. Combining vivid storytelling with historical insight, Abbott brings to life the political tensions, military conflicts, and revolutionary ideals that shaped one of the most important turning points in modern history.
Readers are transported into the growing crisis between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies as disputes over taxation, representation, and imperial authority escalated into open resistance. The narrative vividly recreates dramatic events such as the Boston Tea Party, the battles of Lexington and Concord, and the long struggle of the American Revolutionary War.
Abbott introduces readers to the great personalities of the Revolutionary era, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and many others whose leadership and ideas helped shape the emerging republic. Battles, political debates, diplomacy, hardship, and sacrifice unfold against the backdrop of a people fighting to secure independence and self-government.
This carefully restored reprint revives a classic historical volume for modern readers. Ideal for students, lovers of American history, and readers interested in the Revolutionary era, Revolt of the Colonies remains a timeless introduction to the founding struggle of the United States.
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Jacob Abbott (1803–1879) was a native of the state of Maine who was a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, a minister, and founder of two schools (the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston and the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City). He wrote more than 180 books and became famous for his easy-to-read style of historical storytelling, stripped of the dry dustiness which characterized other texts.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Part six of an eight part series on the history of America from its earliest times through to the age of George Washington, told by master storyteller Jacob Abbott.This volume provides a fascinating and detailed account of all the events that led up to the opening military engagements of what became the American Revolution. Starting with a discussion of how the concept of government, independence, and liberty took root in the thirteen colonies because of their unique social makeup, the author moves on to contrast this with the commercial and economic demands of England.The introduction of the Stamp Act and its effect upon the colonies is treated with objectivity and the author fairly reviews both sides of the argument-and discusses many of the excesses committed by individuals on both sides.As events sped up, the clock was set in motion for a military clash. The exploits of, among others, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, James Otis, and the other major players are revealed in gripping detail, along with the heavy-handed Boston Massacre, the burning of HMS Gaspee, the Boston Tea Party, and the Battle of Lexington-when the British finally realized that they were no longer dealing with unhappy colonists, but a full-fledged rebellion."The news of what had taken place at Lexington and Concord spread like wildfire among all the neighboring towns, and the people everywhere seized their arms, organized themselves into companies, and hastened to the line of the road which the troops must take in returning, to intercept and harass them on their march. They fired at them from behind trees and stone walls, and lay in ambush for them at every turn. They followed them up so closely as not to allow them a moment's rest, and worried them with so galling and incessant a fire that they became in the end almost entirely exhausted; and indeed, it was thought that they would have been entirely cut off and the whole body captured if General Gage had not sent out a strong force to meet and rescue them. By the assistance of this force they succeeded in getting back to Charlestown, though with a loss of nearly a quarter of their number."ContentsCHAPTER I: Principles of GovernmentCHAPTER II: The Mother Country and the ColoniesCHAPTER III: The Stamp ActCHAPTER IV: Progress of the QuarrelCHAPTER V: Military PreparationsCHAPTER VI: The Middle and Southern ColoniesCHAPTER VII: The Boston MassacreCHAPTER VIII: Popular OutbreaksCHAPTER IX: The Boston Port BillCHAPTER X: War This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781500651312
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