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These eight original essays by a group of America's most distinguished scholars include the following themes: the meaning and significance of the Revolution; the long-term, underlying causes of the war; violence and the Revolution; the military conflict; politics in the Continental Congress; the role of religion in the Revolution; and the effect of the war on the social order. This is the product of the celebrated Symposium on the American Revolution held in 1971 by the institute.

Originally published 1973.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. 1. The Central Themes of the American Revolution: An Interpretation
  2. BERNARD BAILYN
  3. pp. 3-31
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  1. 2. An Uneasy Connection: An Analysis of the Preconditions of the American Revolution
  2. JACK P. GREENE
  3. pp. 32-80
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  1. 3. Violence and the American Revolution
  2. RICHARD MAXWELL BROWN
  3. pp. 81-120
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  1. 4. The American Revolution: The Military Conflict Considered as a Revolutionary War
  2. JOHN SHY
  3. pp. 121-156
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  1. 5. The Structure of Politics in the Continental Congress
  2. H. JAMES HENDERSON
  3. pp. 157-196
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  1. 6. The Role of Religion in the Revolution: Liberty of Conscience and Cultural Cohesion in the New Nation
  2. WILLIAM G. McLOUGHLIN
  3. pp. 197-255
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  1. 7. Feudalism, Communalism, and the Yeoman Freeholder: The American Revolution Considered as a Social Accident
  2. ROWLAND BERTHOFF AND JOHN M. MURRIN
  3. pp. 256-288
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  1. 8. Conflict and Consensus in the American Revolution
  2. EDMUND S. MORGAN
  3. pp. 289-310
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 311-318
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  1. Notes on the Contributors
  2. pp. 319-320
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