Part seven of an eight part series on the history of America from its earliest times through to the age of George Washington, told by master storyteller Jacob Abbott.Abbott recounts in gripping style not merely the main facts of the American Revolution, but also fascinating personal details, and littleknown twists and turns of this tumultuous, world historychanging event.Read in detail the course of events, starting with the First Continental Congress, the opening shots at the battles of Lexington and Concord, the early British successes, the imported Hessian mercenaries, the daring bravado of General George Washington, and the great battles of the war, ending with the surrender of Cornwallis and the treaty of peace."The new ministry immediately took measures for negotiating a treaty of peace, and the news was received in the American camps by the warworn and exhausted soldiers, and among all the towns and villages throughout the country, by the whole population, with unbounded joy."The people had indeed great occasion to rejoice, for the means and resources of the government for carrying on the war, and even for keeping their armies in the field, were almost entirely gone, and the soldiers in all the camps were reduced nearly to the last stages of destitution and suffering. Still, if the end had not been thus received, the country would have aroused itself to new efforts and continued the struggle."ContentsCHAPTER I The Continental CongressCHAPTER II Expulsion of the...

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