THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
From the Boston Tea Party to YorktownBy James R. Whitfield
Length6h 12m
About this audiobook
The American Revolution wasn't inevitable — and it almost didn't happen.
In The American Revolution: From the Boston Tea Party to Yorktown, historian James R. Whitfield delivers the definitive single-volume account of the eight-year war and political revolution that gave birth to the United States. Drawing on decades of recent scholarly reinterpretation, primary sources, and the writings of the founders themselves, this sweeping narrative restores the contingency, the contradictions, and the sheer human drama of America's founding — a story far stranger, bloodier, and more uncertain than the marble-statue version most readers were taught.
Inside, you'll discover:
• How thirteen years of escalating taxes, propaganda, and street violence turned loyal British subjects into revolutionaries
• Why Washington's army survived Valley Forge — and how close it came to dissolving in 1776, 1777, and 1780
• The decisive role of France, the Caribbean, and the global war Britain couldn't afford to fight
• The brutal southern campaign, the Swamp Fox, and the treachery of Benedict Arnold
• How enslaved African Americans, Native nations, Loyalists, and women shaped an outcome the founders never fully acknowledged
• Why Yorktown ended one war — and how the Constitution finished another
Whether you're a longtime student of early American history or a curious reader picking up the story for the first time, The American Revolution will change how you understand the men, women, and battles that built a nation against improbable odds.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length6 hrs 12 mins
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LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Author’s Note
3Prologue: The World That Made a Revolution Possible
4PART ONE: THE FIRE IS LIT (1763–1773)
5Chapter 1: The Price of Victory: Britain’s Debt and the Colonial Dilemma
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6Chapter 2: Escalation: Townshend, Blood on King Street, and the Art of Propaganda
7Chapter 3: Tea, Rage, and the Point of No Return
8PART TWO: FROM PROTEST TO WAR (1774–1776)
9Chapter 4: Lexington, Concord, and the Shot Heard Round the World
10Chapter 5: Bunker Hill and the Birth of an Army
11Chapter 6: The Pen Mightier Than the Musket: Common Sense and the Declaration
12PART THREE: THE DARKEST HOURS (1776–1777)
13Chapter 7: New York, New Jersey, and Washington’s Desperate Gamble
14Chapter 8: Valley Forge: Suffering That Forged a Nation
15Chapter 9: Saratoga: The Turning Point
16PART FOUR: THE WAR EXPANDS (1778–1780)
17Chapter 10: France Enters: The Alliance That Changed Everything
18Chapter 11: War in the South: Brutality, Guerrilla Warfare, and the Swamp Fox
19Chapter 12: Treachery, Espionage, and the Shadow War
20PART FIVE: THE ROAD TO YORKTOWN (1780–1781)
21Chapter 13: Kings Mountain and Cowpens: The South Fights Back
22Chapter 14: Cornwallis Trapped: The Virginia Campaign
23Chapter 15: The Siege of Yorktown: The End of an Empire’s Dream
24PART SIX: BIRTH OF A NATION (1781–1789)
25Chapter 16: The Treaty of Paris and the Diplomats’ War
26Chapter 17: From Confederation to Constitution
27PART SEVEN: THE WIDER WAR
28Chapter 18: The Soldiers in the Ranks
29Chapter 19: The Loyalists — The Other Side of the Revolution
30Chapter 20: The Native American Dimension
31Chapter 21: African Americans and the Revolution
32Chapter 22: Women and the Revolution
33Chapter 23: The War at Sea
34Chapter 24: The British Perspective — Why They Lost
35Chapter 25: The Continuing Memory
36Epilogue: Echoes Across Centuries
37Acknowledgments
38Selected Bibliography
39About the Author
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