BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 PRELUDE TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- LEGACY OF THE GREAT WAR FOR THE EMPIRE -- THE TAX CONTROVERSY -- CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENCES WITH BRITAIN -- THE BOSTON MASSACRE -- THE INTOLERABLE ACTS -- CHAPTER 2 INDEPENDENCE -- THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS -- THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS -- THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE -- CHAPTER 3 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: AN OVERVIEW -- LAND CAMPAIGNS TO 1778 -- LAND CAMPAIGNS FROM 1778 -- THE WAR AT SEA -- CHAPTER 4 THE BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD -- BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL -- BATTLE OF TICONDEROGA -- SIEGE OF BOSTON -- BATTLE OF QUEBEC -- BATTLE OF MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE -- BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND -- BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS -- BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRINCETON -- BATTLES OF SARATOGA -- BATTLE OF ORISKANY -- BATTLE OF BENNINGTON -- BATTLE OF THE BRANDYWINE -- BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN -- VALLEY FORGE -- BATTLE OF MONMOUTH -- ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN BONHOMME RICHARD AND SERAPIS -- SIEGE OF CHARLESTON -- BATTLE OF CAMDEN -- BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN -- BATTLE OF COWPENS -- BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE -- BATTLE OF VIRGINIA CAPES -- BATTLE OF EUTAW SPRINGS -- SIEGE OF YORKTOWN -- BATTLE OF THE SAINTES -- CHAPTER 5 MILITARY FIGURES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- THE AMERICAN SIDE -- ETHAN ALLEN -- BENEDICT ARNOLD -- JOHN BARRY -- GEORGE ROGERS CLARK -- THOMAS CONWAY -- GUSTAVUS CONYNGHAM -- RICHARD DALE -- CHARLES-HECTOR, COMTE D'ESTAING -- HORATIO GATES -- FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH-PAUL, COMTE DE GRASSE -- NATHANAEL GREENE -- GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS -- NATHAN HALE -- EDWARD HAND -- NICHOLAS HERKIMER -- ESEK HOPKINS -- JOHN PAUL JONES -- JOHANN KALB -- HENRY KNOX -- TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO -- MARIE-JOSEPH-PAUL-YVES-ROCH-GILBERT DU MOTIER, MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE -- HENRY LEE -- BENJAMIN LINCOLN -- FRANCIS MARION -- JAMES MONROE.

DANIEL MORGAN -- WILLIAM MOULTRIE -- TIMOTHY PICKERING -- CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY -- MOLLY PITCHER -- KAZIMIERZ PULASKI -- ISRAEL PUTNAM -- RUFUS PUTNAM -- JEAN-BAPTISTE-DONATIEN DE VIMEUR, COMTE DE ROCHAMBEAU -- PHILIP JOHN SCHUYLER -- JOHN SEVIER -- DANIEL SHAYS -- JOHN STARK -- FREDERICK WILLIAM, BARON VON STEUBEN -- JOHN SULLIVAN -- THOMAS SUMTER -- JOSEPH WARREN -- GEORGE WASHINGTON -- ANTHONY WAYNE -- THE BRITISH SIDE -- JOHN ANDRÉ -- EDWARD BANCROFT -- JOSEPH BRANT -- JOHN BURGOYNE -- SIR HENRY CLINTON -- CHARLES CORNWALLIS, 1ST MARQUESS AND 2ND EARL CORNWALLIS -- SIR JAMES CRAIG -- PATRICK FERGUSON -- THOMAS GAGE -- CHARLES GREY, 1ST EARL GREY -- WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT HOWE -- WILHELM, BARON VON KNYPHAUSEN -- RED JACKET -- CHAPTER 6 NONMILITARY FIGURES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- THE AMERICAN SIDE -- JOHN ADAMS -- SAMUEL ADAMS -- CRISPUS ATTUCKS -- ANNA WARNER BAILEY -- ELIAS BOUDINOT -- JAMES BOWDOIN -- DAVID BUSHNELL -- GEORGE CABOT -- CHARLES CARROLL -- SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI -- ABRAHAM CLARK -- MARGARET CORBIN -- LYDIA BARRINGTON DARRAGH -- SILAS DEANE -- JOHN DICKINSON -- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -- ALEXANDER HAMILTON -- JOHN HANCOCK -- PATRICK HENRY -- THOMAS JEFFERSON -- SAMUEL KIRKLAND -- JOHN LANGDON -- HENRY LAURENS -- ARTHUR LEE -- RICHARD HENRY LEE -- WILLIAM LIVINGSTON -- GEORGE MASON -- PHILIP MAZZEI -- JANE MCCREA -- ARTHUR MIDDLETON -- ROBERT MORRIS -- JAMES OTIS -- ROBERT TREAT PAINE -- THOMAS PAINE -- EDMUND PENDLETON -- PEYTON RANDOLPH -- PAUL REVERE -- BETSY ROSS -- HAYM SALOMON -- ISAAC SEARS -- ROBERT SMITH -- JAMES WILSON -- JOHN WITHERSPOON -- OLIVER WOLCOTT -- THE BRITISH SIDE -- JONATHAN BOUCHER -- WILLIAM LEGGE, 2ND EARL OF DARTMOUTH -- DANIEL DULANY -- JOHN MURRAY, 4TH EARL OF DUNMORE -- JOSEPH GALLOWAY -- GEORGE III -- GEORGE GRENVILLE -- THOMAS HUTCHINSON -- ALEXANDER MCGILLIVRAY.

FREDERICK NORTH, LORD NORTH (OF KIRTLING) -- CHARLES TOWNSHEND -- AFTERMATH -- CHAPTER 7 THE WAR OF 1812: MAJOR CAUSES -- IMPRESSMENTS -- CHAPTER 8 THE WAR OF 1812: AN OVERVIEW -- THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE -- CHAPTER 9 THE BATTLES OF THE WAR OF 1812 -- BATTLE OF QUEENSTON HEIGHTS -- BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE -- BATTLE OF THE THAMES -- BATTLE OF CHÂTEAUGUAY -- BATTLE OF CRYSLER'S FARM -- BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA -- BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE -- BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH -- BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS -- CHAPTER 10 MILITARY FIGURES OF THE WAR OF 1812 -- THE AMERICAN SIDE -- WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE -- JACOB JENNINGS BROWN -- HENRY DEARBORN -- STEPHEN DECATUR -- WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON -- ISAAC HULL -- WILLIAM HULL -- ANDREW JACKSON -- JACOB JONES -- JEAN LAFFITE -- JAMES LAWRENCE -- THOMAS MACDONOUGH -- OLIVER HAZARD PERRY -- ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE -- DAVID PORTER -- WINFIELD SCOTT -- SAMUEL SMITH -- THE BRITISH SIDE -- SIR ISAAC BROCK -- SIR GEORGE PREVOST, 1ST BARONET -- TECUMSEH -- CHAPTER 11 NONMILITARY FIGURES OF THE WAR OF 1812 -- THE AMERICAN SIDE -- JOHN ARMSTRONG -- GEORGE CABOT -- HENRY CLAY -- ALBERT GALLATIN -- STEPHEN GIRARD -- FRANCIS SCOTT KEY -- JAMES MADISON -- THOMAS PINCKNEY -- PUSHMATAHA -- THE BRITISH SIDE -- ROBERT BANKS JENKINSON, 2ND EARL OF LIVERPOOL -- SPENCER PERCEVAL -- FINAL STAGES OF WAR AND AFTERMATH -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.