Author: James Alton James
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Category : Northwest, Old
Languages : en
Pages : 17

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Author: James Alton James
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Category : Northwest, Old
Languages : en
Pages : 17

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Author: Terry M. Mays
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538119722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 675

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The American Revolution pitted 13 loosely united colonies in a military, political, and economic struggle against Great Britain: the "mother country" and arguably the most powerful state in the world during the late 18th century. The independent spirit that led many individuals to leave homes in Europe and settle in the New World during the 17th and 18th centuries evolved into the drive that persuaded these same settlers and their descendants to challenge the colonial economic and taxation policies of Great Britain, which lead to the armed conflict that resulted in a declaration of independence. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on the politics, battles, weaponry, and major personalities of the war. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the American Revolution.

Author: American Historical Association
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Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Author: Hal Rothman
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Category : George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (Vincennes, Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Author: Otis K. Rice
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318536X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 149

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Otis Rice tells the dramatic story of how the first state beyond the mountains came into being. Kentucky dates its settled history from the founding of Harrodsburg in 1774 and of Boonesborough in 1775. But the drama of frontier Kentucky had its beginnings a full century before the arrival of James Harrod and Daniel Boone. The early history of the Bluegrass state is a colorful and significant chapter in the expansion of the American frontier. Rice traces the development of Kentucky through the end of the Revolutionary War. He deals with four major themes: the great imperial rivalry between England and France in the mid-eighteenth century for control of the Ohio Valley; the struggle of white settlers to possess lands claimed by the Indians and the liquidation of Indian rights through treaties and bloody conflicts; the importance of the land, the role of the speculator, and the progress of settlement; the conquest of a wilderness bountiful in its riches but exacting in its demands and the planting of political, social, and cultural institutions. Included are maps that show the changing boundaries of Kentucky as it moved toward statehood.

Author: William R. Nester
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811700771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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The vicious war on the frontier significantly altered the course of the Revolution. Regular troops, volunteers, and Indians clashed in large-scale campaigns. Bloody fights for land, home, and family. Although the American Revolution is commonly associated with specific locations such as the heights above Boston or the frozen Delaware River, important events took place in the wooded, mountainous lands of the frontier.

Author: Wayne Edson Stevens
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois
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Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Author: NELSON VANCE RUSSELL
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Languages : en
Pages : 602

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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 630

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