: Mohawk Indians spill tea in Boston Harbor Parliament punishes the Bostonians Intolerable acts unite the colonies Boston beleaguered and saved - 2. Includes bibliographical references and index In short, the editors have wrought a balanced, sweeping, and compelling documentary history Profusely illustrated and enhanced by cogent commentary, this book examines every aspect of the war, including the Loyalist and British views treason and prison escapes songs and ballads the home front and diplomacy abroad. In letters, journals, diaries, official documents, and personal recollections, the timeless figures of the Revolution emerge in all their human splendor and folly to stand beside the nameless soldiers. The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six allows readers to experience events long-entombed in textbooks as they unfold for the first time for both Loyalists and Patriots: the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, the Declaration of Independence, and more. Morris have provided a prudent, perceptive answer-the participants themselves-and in the process have fashioned from the vast source material a thrilling chronological narrative. Renowned scholars Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Who shall write the history of the American Revolution? Who can write it? asked John Adams in 1815.
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