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Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor, the forging of American independence, 1774-1776, Richard R. Beeman

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Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor, the forging of American independence, 1774-1776, Richard R. Beeman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

827119771

Responsibility statement

Richard R. Beeman

Sub title

the forging of American independence, 1774-1776

Table Of Contents

The continental Congress : a chronology -- The Genesis of revolution, 1763-1774 -- The quest for a unified American resistance -- The delegates gather in Philadelphia -- Two different paths to liberty : John Adams and John Dickinson -- The Congress organizes -- "Fight against them that fight against me" -- Galloway's last stand -- Getting acquainted in the city of brotherly love -- Power to the people -- The first Congress completes its business -- Escalation -- A new Congress, changed circumstances -- John Hancock enters the drama -- Congress assumes command of a war -- Desperate efforts at reconciliation amidst an escalating war -- Managing a war while seeking peace -- Waiting for King George III -- Small steps toward independence -- The year 1776 dawns -- "The scales have fallen from our eyes" -- "The child Independence is now struggling for birth" -- Fourteen paths to independence -- "The greatest debate of all" -- Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence -- America's Declaration of Independence

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