From Colonies to CountryOxford University Press, 2002年9月3日 - 216页 How did compliant colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1735 historic courtroom battle for the freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were called "Americans" for the first time by the English, and the great English army proved itself not so formidable after all. But for sure when King George III started levying some heavy-handed taxes on the colonies, the break from the motherland was imminent. With such enthralling characters as George Washington, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Eliza Pinckney, and Alexander Hamilton throughout, From Colonies to Country is an amazing story of a nation-making transformation. |
目录
From Colonies to Country | 9 |
Freedom of the Press | 13 |
Jenkins Ear | 17 |
OGLETHORPE MARCHES INTO FLORIDA | 18 |
Frenchmen and Indians | 21 |
A Most Remarkable Man | 25 |
Pitt Steps In | 31 |
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR | 33 |
On the Way to the Second Continental Congress | 80 |
Naming a General | 85 |
The War of the Hills | 89 |
Fighting Palm Trees | 94 |
Declaring Independence | 98 |
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL | 102 |
Signing Up | 103 |
Revolutionary Women and Children | 106 |
Au Revoir Goodbye France | 34 |
Staying in Charge | 36 |
What Is an American? | 39 |
A Girl Who Always Did Her Best | 42 |
The Rights of Englishmen | 46 |
A Taxing King | 50 |
JOHN RUTLEDGE VISITS A FOREIGN COUNTRY | 54 |
The Firebrands | 56 |
ON THE ROAD | 58 |
A Massacre in Boston | 63 |
One If by Land Two If by Sea | 69 |
THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD | 71 |
An American Original | 76 |
HOW THE NEW WORLD CHANGED THE OLD | 79 |
Freedom Fighters | 110 |
A FAILED JOURNEY? | 114 |
Soldiers from Everywhere | 116 |
Black Soldiers | 121 |
Fighting a War | 123 |
Valley Forge to Vincennes | 130 |
More About Choices | 138 |
Experimenting with a Nation | 147 |
A Man with Ideas | 154 |
Summer in Philly | 162 |
Roger to the Rescue | 172 |
Good Words and Bad | 178 |
If You Can Keep It | 186 |
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