The American Revolution (1754–1781)

History SparkNotes

Get this SparkNote to go!

Suggestions for Further Reading

Bailyn, Bernard. Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992.

Countryman, Edward. The American Revolution. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.

Hibbert, Christopher. Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002.

Leckie, Robert. George Washington’s War: The Saga of the American Revolution. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.

Liell, Scott. 46 Pages: Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Turning Point to Independence. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2003.

Maier, Pauline. American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence. New York: Random House, 1998.

Morgan, Edmund S. The Birth of the Republic: 1763–89. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Raphael, Ray. A People’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.

Van Tyne, Claude H. The Loyalists in the American Revolution. Rochester, New York: Simon Publications, 2002.

Wood, Gordon S. The American Revolution: A History. New York: Random House, 2002.

More Help

Buy the ebook of this SparkNote on BN.com

Easy to view on your iPod, phone, or ereader.

EVEN MORE HELP! ↓

Take a Study Break

Green YOUR SCHOOL!

Click here to get involved with dosomething.org!

John Krasinski's BIG MIRACLE

Click to watch the trailer and read exclusive star interviews!

Do you like Anna?

Read Dear Albert... from ANNA's perspective!

BATTLESHIP, the movie

Here's why we're super jazzed about it.

Do energy juices actually work?

Our blogger puts 'em to the test!


The Book

Cover image

Read What You Love, Anywhere You Like

Get Our FREE NOOK Reading Apps