Table of Contents

* The American Colonies * Britain in the Year 1763 * A Casual Empire * A New British Policy * A Breach in the Empire * Britain Retreats * The Second Challenge From Britain * The Townshend Crisis * A Decade of Westward Advance * The Tea Troubles * Rebellion * Britain Chooses War * The War Spreads * The Invasion of Canada * Britain Prepares for War * The Declaration of Independence * The Opposing Forces * From Brooklyn to Princeton * The Fall of Philadelphia * Saratoga * The American Federacy * Social Reform * France Intervenes * Deadlock in the North * British Triumphs in the South * The Western Front * The War at Home * The End of the War * The Peace of Paris * The Fate of the Loyalists * The Forging of the American Union

About the Author

John R. Alden was Professor of History at Duke University for many years. The author of several books, including the South in the Revolution and a biography of Washington, he lives in Florida.