Samuel Adams Father of the American Revolution

Name: Samuel Adams Father of the American Revolution
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ISBN: 9780230614000

ISBN-10: 0230614000

ISBN-13: 9780230614000

Edition: 2009

Authors: Mark Puls

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Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award! Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers that became a trademark of American politics, Adams astutely forced Britain into coercive military measures that ultimately led to the irreversible split in the empire. His remarkable political career addresses all the major issues concerning America's decision to become a nation -- from the notion of taxation without representation to the Declaration of Independence. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams all…

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List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 4/14/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Timeline of the Life of Samuel Adams


Who Is Who is Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution


Introduction



The Education of a Radical



Civil Disobedience



A Bundle of Sticks



The True Sentiments of America



All the King's Men



Persecution



The Boston Massacre



Standing Alone



The Fuse of a Revolution



Portents of War



Revolution



Independence



The Trials of War



A Constitution



Twilight


Epilogue: Patriarch of Liberty


Notes


Bibliography


Index