02640cam a2200361 i 4500 553538766 TxGeo 20220317120000.0 210924s2022||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781432894368 hbk. 1432894366 hbk. TxGeo rda Ellis, Joseph J. The cause [large print] : the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783 / Joseph J Ellis. American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783. Large print edition. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, Gale, Cengage Learning, 2022. 641 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the 'American Revolution': former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists' consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed of 'prudent' revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts our land. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together, challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins as a people and a nation."-- Provided by publisher. 20220411. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes. United States Politics and government To 1775. United States Politics and government 1775-1783. Great Britain Colonies America History 18th century. Large type books. Ward, Jeffrey L., cartographer. QS5