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The American Revolution 1774–1783

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing Limited
Year
2002
ISBN
9781472895158
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3332848 bytes)
Series
Essential Histories
Pages
\90
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 22:10:42

Description

The American Revolution has been characterized politically as a united political uprising of the American colonies and militarily as a guerrilla campaign of colonists against the inflexible British military establishment. Daniel Marston argues that this belief, though widespread, is a misconception. He contends that the American Revolution, in reality, created deep political divisions in the population of the Thirteen Colonies, while militarily pitting veterans of the Seven Years’ War against one another, in a conflict that combined guerrilla tactics and classic eighteenth century campaign techniques on both sides. The peace treaty of 1783 that brought an end to the war marked the formal beginning of the United States of America as an independent political entity.

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