the best and clearest history of the American Revolution that I have read; highly recommended

the Revolution wasn't all Boston and Philadelphia; this book is a good start to understanding the importance of the war in the southern colonies

a well written, scholarly history that does an excellent job of explaining the causes of the Revolution as well as its progress

Tuchman gives an interesting perspective on the importance of the French and the Dutch, their rivalries with England, and their contribution of vital navel power; not the place to begin study

where the shooting started; fine writing

an excellent history of the battles of Trenton and Princeton and Washington's winter campaign of 1776-77

it was chiefly because of Clark's western exploits that the British ceded the Old Northwest Territory to the U.S. in the Treaty of Paris

good book on an important, and often overlooked, American victory

the War officially ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, & John Jay

the giant of the revolution

the radical propagandist of the Revolution, who prodded the Revolution on with Common Sense, and sustained it in its darkest hour with The Crisis

important collection of source documents and first hand accounts from the Revolution

while patriot rebels fought for liberty, the path to liberty for their slaves was to join the British and fight the masters who kept them in bondage