American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War started in April 1775 between British military based in Boston, Massachusetts and American colonial militia. While the conflict initially started as a political dispute between the British national government and residents of the American colonies over taxes, the American Continental Congress declared the colonies to be an independent nation in July 1776.

Eventually, the war also included France, Spain, and Holland on the side of the U.S. Land combat in North American mostly ended after the Franco-American victory at the Siege of Yorktown in October 1781. However
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1776
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
John Adams
Johnny Tremain
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Alexander Hamilton
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
Washington: A Life
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
Washington's Crossing
Rise to Rebellion (The American Revolutionary War, #1)
A Girl Called Samson
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Forge (Seeds of America, #2)
The 231 Club by J. BartellThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
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The Trigger by Tim ButcherAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Ride by Kostya KennedyUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandJackboot Britain by Daniel S. William Fletcher
Best War Books
113 books — 65 voters
Dr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Philadelphia Negro by W.E.B. Du BoisPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDCity Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves by Marc SteinThe Buried Past by John L. Cotter
Philadelphia History (nonfiction)
80 books — 17 voters


Revolutionaries - true revolutionaries - are aggressive, ruthless, and generally seize the main chance, as William Henry Drayton did when he saw that stump-speaking was getting him nowhere. But defenders of the status quo tend toward caution and legalisms and inaction until it is too late
John Buchanan, The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas

Kenneth Roberts
I learned, then, beyond question, that if all the property in the world were distributed, and an equal share given to everyone, the bulk of mankind would soon be destitute, and a few would have everything.
Kenneth Roberts, Oliver Wiswell

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