Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Central Themes of the American Revolution An Interpretation -- 2. An Uneasy Connection An Analysis of the Preconditions of the American Revolution -- 3. Violence and the American Revolution -- 4. The American Revolution The Military Conflict Considered as a Revolutionary War -- 5. The Structure of Politics in the Continental Congress -- 6. The Role of Religion in the Revolution Liberty of Conscience and Cultural Cohesion in the New Nation -- 7. Feudalism, Communalism, and the Yeoman Freeholder The American Revolution Considered as a Social Accident -- 8. Conflict and Consensus in the American Revolution -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Notes on the Contributors.