The Cause : : the American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783

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Call Number: 975.3 El, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / 17th & 18th Century / Ellis, Joseph J.
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Part I: Origins and arguments, 1773-1776 -- The Rubicon -- Prudence dictates -- Part II: Arms and men, 1776-1780 -- The escape -- The few -- Part III: Triumphs and tragedies, 1780-1783 -- The protraction -- The Chesapeake -- The exit.
"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution": former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists' consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed of "prudent" revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts our land. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together, challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins as a people and a nation"-- Provided by publisher.

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Another great book from Joseph Ellis submitted by apf1950 on December 17, 2021, 8:48am In addition to the publisher's synopsis, this book explains why the war could have turned out quite differently. George III punitive views of the colonies helped launch the war, in which he overestimated his ability to win. Washington escaped bad decisions thanks to British miscues. He was also saved by France. Ellis also examines the negative impact of states pursuing their own agendas on conducting and financing the war, as well hampering the creation of an American nation after the war.