American Revolution, The: Part 1

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	Publisher :	Blackstone Audio Inc
	Author :	George H. Smith
	Narrator :	George C. Scott

	Length :	3 hours (Unabridged)

Download Price :		$11.75

Format :		Encoded Windows Media

© 2006 Blackstone Audio Inc

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In 1776, the thirteen American colonies, refusing to pay unjust taxes, declared their independence from Britain. The resulting years of war are called the American Revolution, but many founding fathers believed the real American Revolution was not the war with Britain, but the revolution in ideas which preceded and caused the war. From 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, many Americans were transformed from loyal subjects into rebels against Britain. Together, the thirteen colonies set out to create something new under the sun, a government which derived its just authority from the consent of the governed.

To understand this unparalleled event, it is necessary to examine the character and ideas of eighteenth-century Americans. What vision caused them to rebel? How faithfully did they follow this vision?

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