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.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length6 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
21Chapter 13: Kings Mountain and Cowpens: The South Fights Back
2Author’s Note
22Chapter 14: Cornwallis Trapped: The Virginia Campaign
3Prologue: The World That Made a Revolution Possible
23Chapter 15: The Siege of Yorktown: The End of an Empire’s Dream
4PART ONE: THE FIRE IS LIT (1763–1773)
24PART SIX: BIRTH OF A NATION (1781–1789)
5Chapter 1: The Price of Victory: Britain’s Debt and the Colonial Dilemma
25Chapter 16: The Treaty of Paris and the Diplomats’ War
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6Chapter 2: Escalation: Townshend, Blood on King Street, and the Art of Propaganda
26Chapter 17: From Confederation to Constitution
7Chapter 3: Tea, Rage, and the Point of No Return
27PART SEVEN: THE WIDER WAR
8PART TWO: FROM PROTEST TO WAR (1774–1776)
28Chapter 18: The Soldiers in the Ranks
9Chapter 4: Lexington, Concord, and the Shot Heard Round the World
29Chapter 19: The Loyalists — The Other Side of the Revolution
10Chapter 5: Bunker Hill and the Birth of an Army
30Chapter 20: The Native American Dimension
11Chapter 6: The Pen Mightier Than the Musket: Common Sense and the Declaration
31Chapter 21: African Americans and the Revolution
12PART THREE: THE DARKEST HOURS (1776–1777)
32Chapter 22: Women and the Revolution
13Chapter 7: New York, New Jersey, and Washington’s Desperate Gamble
33Chapter 23: The War at Sea
14Chapter 8: Valley Forge: Suffering That Forged a Nation
34Chapter 24: The British Perspective — Why They Lost
15Chapter 9: Saratoga: The Turning Point
35Chapter 25: The Continuing Memory
16PART FOUR: THE WAR EXPANDS (1778–1780)
36Epilogue: Echoes Across Centuries
17Chapter 10: France Enters: The Alliance That Changed Everything
37Acknowledgments
18Chapter 11: War in the South: Brutality, Guerrilla Warfare, and the Swamp Fox
38Selected Bibliography
19Chapter 12: Treachery, Espionage, and the Shadow War
39About the Author
20PART FIVE: THE ROAD TO YORKTOWN (1780–1781)
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