1. The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition
Roark • Johnson • Cohen • Stage • Hartmann • Lawson
The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition
CHAPTER 7
The War for America
1775–1783
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2. The Second Continental Congress
Assuming Political and Military Authority
Pursuing Both War and Peace
Thomas Paine, Abigail Adams, and the Case for Independence
The Declaration of Independence

3. The First Year of War, 1775–1776 The American Military Forces
The British Strategy
Quebec, New York, and New Jersey

4. The Home Front Patriotism at the Local Level The Loyalists
Who Is a Traitor?
Financial Instability and Corruption

5. The Campaigns of 1777–1779: The North and West
Burgoyne’s Army and the Battle of Saratoga
The War in the West: Indian Country
The French Alliance

6. The Southern Strategy and the End of the War
Georgia and South Carolina
The Other Southern War: Guerrillas
Surrender at Yorktown
The Losers and the Winners

7. Chapter 7 The War for America: 1775–1783
Map 7.1 The War in the North, 1775–1778 (p. 226)
Map 7.2 Loyalist Strength and Rebel Support (p. 232)
Map 7.3 The Indian War in the West, 1777–1782 (p. 240)
Map 7.4 The War in the South, 1780–1781 (p. 242)
Global Comparison How Tall Were Eighteenth-Century Men on Average? (p. 224)
Death of Jane McCrea (p. 238)
“The Ballance of Power,” 1780 (p. 245)