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THE AMERICAN YAWP. A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook. Stanford University Press Edition

Episodes 17 through 37 cover all aspects of the American Revolutionary War, from origins to specific battles to notable events.

Ken Owen, Michael Hattem, Roy Rogers, and Liz Covart discuss the coming of the Revolution, including both its long-term origins and short-term causes, and debate the importance of imperial identity, popular participation, ideas and ideology, and the character of the resistance movement.