Revolutionary War

Festering tension between the American colonies and their mother country over taxes levled to support the British Empire led to the outbreak of hostillties between the world's most powerful army and a hastily assembled colonial militia of farmers and tradesmen. Revolutionary War, Updated Edition explores the troubled times of the 1760s and 1770s and goes on from there to present a probing and thoughtful account of America's heroic seven-year struggle for independence, from the first shots at Lexington and Concord to the British surrender at Yorktown. New box features give detailed coverage of such topics as the design, construction, and strategic usage of the Revolution's forts; the practical differences between the work of a New England farmer and that of a southern planter; and the roles that influential Native Americans such as Molly Brant played in the unfolding conflict.