A Revolutionary Summer The Birth Of America Summary
In the book “A Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of America” by Joseph J. Ellis tells the story of the summer of 1776. The book starts around the time of May, 1776 before the declaration of independence is signed. Chapter 1 of A Revolutionary Summer follows “By the spring of 1776, British and American troops had been killing each other at a robust rate for a full year” (Ellis, 2013, p. 2). The book has the political side of the revolution and the military side, and combined them together to show how they affect each other. The political side follows John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. While the military side follows George Washington and the Howes brothers. The story tells of 13 colonies that ended up coming together and agreeing
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As the continental congress was getting ready to vote on the independence of America, thousands of soldiers started to appear by Long Island. Howe’s troops then landed off of Stanton Island. George Washington worst move was to move from Long Island and Manhattan and fall into New Jersey. Jefferson started writing the Declaration of Independence with implications of the American Revolution into the documents that would give individual rights. Chapter 3 in A Revolutionary Summer states “ that would grow into the expanding liberal mandate for individual rights that eventually ended the property qualification to vote, ended slavery, made women’s suffrage inevitable and sanctioned the civil rights of a racial minorities.” John Dickerson argued that independence is not good for the national government. The war decided if the republicans or the kings would power America. The revolutionary summer was a long conflict. Chapter 8 in A Revolutionary Summer stated “British could not win for military reasons. Many fateful decisions and challenges remained ahead Washington’s inspired bravado at Trenton, Howe’s bizarre decision to capture Philadelphia rather than seal Hudson corridor, the endurance test at Valley Forge, the crucial French entry into war but they played out within strategic framework created in the summer of 1776” (Ellis,
As the continental congress was getting ready to vote on the independence of America, thousands of soldiers started to appear by Long Island. Howe’s troops then landed off of Stanton Island. George Washington worst move was to move from Long Island and Manhattan and fall into New Jersey. Jefferson started writing the Declaration of Independence with implications of the American Revolution into the documents that would give individual rights. Chapter 3 in A Revolutionary Summer states “ that would grow into the expanding liberal mandate for individual rights that eventually ended the property qualification to vote, ended slavery, made women’s suffrage inevitable and sanctioned the civil rights of a racial minorities.” John Dickerson argued that independence is not good for the national government. The war decided if the republicans or the kings would power America. The revolutionary summer was a long conflict. Chapter 8 in A Revolutionary Summer stated “British could not win for military reasons. Many fateful decisions and challenges remained ahead Washington’s inspired bravado at Trenton, Howe’s bizarre decision to capture Philadelphia rather than seal Hudson corridor, the endurance test at Valley Forge, the crucial French entry into war but they played out within strategic framework created in the summer of 1776” (Ellis,