Independence Day and the American Revolution
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain, while the Constitution provides the legal and governmental framework for the United States. The Declaration, with its eloquent assertion “all Men are created equal,” is beloved by the American people. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights, known collectively as the Charters of Freedom are on display in the National Archives Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
The American Revolution (aka, American Revolutionary War, United States War of Independence, War of Independence) was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.
In support of Independence Day and the American Revolution, the Learning Resources Center created a physical books display in the LRC featuring the books highlighted below. These books are also still available for checkout in the LRC. Thank you for using the LRC and please contact us if you have any questions.
Books available in the LRC and on display during July
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The U.S. Constitution and other key American writings
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Call Number: E173 .U14 2015ISBN: 9781626863934Publication Date: 2015-07-01The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings is part of the Word Cloud Classics series and a collection of the crucial documents that established the United States. In addition to the Constitution, readers can study supplementary texts like the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers, and even important speeches by early Presidents. The Founding Fathers’ inspirational and revolutionary ideals are all included in these doctrines, and this is a perfect volume for anyone who finds the history of America to be a fascinating and enlightening journey. -- Goodreads -
Signers of the Declaration: Historic places commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence
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Call Number: E221 .U78ISBN: LCCN: 73-600028Publication Date: 2015-08-20Contents included in the Signers of the Declaration are historical background, biographical sketches, and survey of historic sites and buildings. This volume incorporates a comprehensive survey of sites and buildings associated with the signers accomplished by Charles W. Snell and the late John O. Littleton. Also utilized were survey and evaluation reports. These surveys and reports were reviewed by the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments. -- WorldCat.org -
7 leadership lessons of the American Revolution
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Call Number: E302.5 .A58 S4 2013ISBN: 9781612002026Publication Date: 2013-09-27This book tells the dramatic story of seven defining leadership moments from the American Revolution. On these pages you learn about real people facing historic challenges and overcoming what reasonable observers believed were insurmountable odds. More reasonable people might have surrendered or given up. Many reasonable people did. These leaders, thankfully, were unreasonable for the cause of Liberty. The leadership skills told in these stories are timeless and telling. These leadership stories tell the story of the birth of the United States as well as providing cases. -- Catalog Record -
The cause: The American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783
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Call Number: E210 .E45 2021ISBN: 9781631498985Publication Date: 2021-09-21George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. The Cause rethinks the American Revolution. It looks at the events between 1773 and 1783 and 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. -- Catalog Record -
The road to Concord : How four stolen cannon ignited the Revolutionary War
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Call Number: E241 .C7 B45 2016ISBN: 9781594162497Publication Date: 2016-05-30In the early spring of 1775, on a farm in Concord, Massachusetts, British army spies located four brass cannon belonging to Boston’s colonial militia that had gone missing months before. British general Thomas Gage had been searching for them, both to stymie New England’s growing rebellion and to erase the embarrassment of having let cannons disappear from under redcoat guard. Anxious to regain those weapons, he drew up plans for his troops to march nineteen miles into unfriendly territory. The Massachusetts Patriots, meanwhile, prepared to thwart the general’s mission. There was one goal, they all wanted to keep the stolen cannons as secret as possible. Both sides succeeded well enough that the full story has never appeared until now. -- Catalog Record -
1776
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Call Number: E208 .M396 2005ISBN: 9780743226714Publication Date: 2005-05-24Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost -- Washington, who had never before led an army in battle. -- Catalog Record -
The Indispensables: The diverse soldier-mariners who shaped the country, formed the Navy, and rowed Washington across the Delaware
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Call Number: E263 .M4 O36 2021ISBN: 9780802156891Publication Date: 2021-05-18The Marblehead Regiment, lead by John Glover, became truly indispensable. They battled at Lexington and on Bunker Hill and formed the elite Guard that protected George Washington. Then the special operations-like regiment, against all odds, conveyed 2,400 of Washington's men across the ice-filled Delaware River on Christmas night 1776, delivering a momentum-shifting attack on Trenton. -- Book Jacket -
Valcour: The 1776 campaign that saved the cause of liberty
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Call Number: E241 .V14 K45 2021ISBN: 9781250247117Publication Date: 2021-04-06Valcour is a story of people. The northern campaign of 1776 was led by the underrated general Philip Schuyler, the former British officer Horatio Gates, and Benedict Arnold. An experienced sea captain, Arnold devised a brilliant strategy that confounded his slow-witted opponents. America's independence hung in the balance during 1776. Patriots endured one defeat after another. But two events turned the tide: Washington's bold attack on Trenton and the equally audacious fight at Valcour Island. Together, they stunned the enemy and helped preserve the cause of liberty. -- Catalog Record -
The British are coming: The war for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
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Call Number: E230 .A84 2018ISBN: 9781627790437Publication Date: 2019-05-14From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, the ragtag Continental Army takes on the world's most formidable fighting force and gradually finds the will and the way to win. It is a riveting saga populated by singular characters. The British are Coming gives stirring new life to the first act of our country's creation drama. It is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. -- Catalog Record
