Download or read book Frontier Rebels The Fight for Independence in the American West 1765 1776 written by Patrick Spero and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the “Black Boys,” a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. In 1763, the Seven Years’ War ended in a spectacular victory for the British. The French army agreed to leave North America, but many Native Americans, fearing that the British Empire would expand onto their lands and conquer them, refused to lay down their weapons. Under the leadership of a shrewd Ottawa warrior named Pontiac, they kept fighting for their freedom, capturing several British forts and devastating many of the westernmost colonial settlements. The British, battered from the costly war, needed to stop the violent attacks on their borderlands. Peace with Pontiac was their only option—if they could convince him to negotiate. Enter George Croghan, a wily trader-turned-diplomat with close ties to Native Americans. Under the wary eye of the British commander-in-chief, Croghan organized one of the largest peace offerings ever assembled and began a daring voyage into the interior of North America in search of Pontiac. Meanwhile, a ragtag group of frontiersmen set about stopping this peace deal in its tracks. Furious at the Empire for capitulating to Native groups, whom they considered their sworn enemies, and suspicious of Croghan’s intentions, these colonists turned Native American tactics of warfare on the British Empire. Dressing as Native Americans and smearing their faces in charcoal, these frontiersmen, known as the Black Boys, launched targeted assaults to destroy Croghan’s peace offering before it could be delivered. The outcome of these interwoven struggles would determine whose independence would prevail on the American frontier—whether freedom would be defined by the British, Native Americans, or colonial settlers. Drawing on largely forgotten manuscript sources from archives across North America, Patrick Spero recasts the familiar narrative of the American Revolution, moving the action from the Eastern Seaboard to the treacherous western frontier. In spellbinding detail, Frontier Rebels reveals an often-overlooked truth: the West played a crucial role in igniting the flame of American independence.

Download or read book Rebels Settlers and Violence written by Christopher Sailus and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Early American Rebels written by Noeleen McIlvenna and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of the presence of God: The Practice of the Presence of God is one of the most beautiful and touching stories of Christian devotion ever written. Brother Lawrence was a Carmelite Brother known for his profound peace and deep relationship with God; many came to seek spiritual guidance from him. The wisdom that he passed on to them, in conversations and in letters, would later become the basis for the book.

Download or read book Sowards and Tipsword Families in America written by John Hubert Doty and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Rebels Or Boston Before the Revolution written by Lydia Maria Francis Child and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Rebels and Renegades written by Neil A. Hamilton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-10-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebels and Renegades examines 350 years of history through the eyes of the uncompromising. Presented in nine clearly written chronological chapters, this comprehensive reference covers the major events and personalities in the history of extremism in the U.S. Besides chronicling the event itself, entries, ranging from 500 to 1000 words, include background information and historic effects. In addition to the chronology, sidebars highlight historical, biographical, cultural, and ethical aspects of the story, tying the past to the present. Topics include the influence of radical idea on the mainstream, the role of violence in radicalism, and the evolving relationship between radicals and the media. An extensive appendix of excerpts, transcripts, and full source documents round out the work. To see the Introduction, a list of detailed contents, a generous selection of sample pages, and more, visit the Rebels and Renegades website.

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Download or read book The First Rebel written by Neil Harmon Swanson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The First Rebel: Being a Lost Chapter of Our History and a True Narrative of America's First Uprising Against English Military Authority and an Account of the First Fighting Between Armed Colonists and British Regulars Together With a Biography of Colonel James Smith The first armed uprising against royal troops in the colonies took place in the Conococheague valley settlements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Soward and Tipsword Families in America written by Maryann Doty Rizzo and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A genealogical study of the Soward and Tipsword families from their arrival in the colonies through 1993. Includes information on their intermarriage with Native Americans and their lives as they moved west. Includes information on their connection with the Doty family.

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Download or read book The Whiskey Rebellion written by William Hogeland and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2006-04-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping and provocative tale of violence, alcohol, and taxes, The Whiskey Rebellion pits President George Washington and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton against angry, armed settlers across the Appalachians. Unearthing a pungent segment of early American history long ignored by historians, William Hogeland brings to startling life the rebellion that decisively contributed to the establishment of federal authority. In 1791, at the frontier headwaters of the Ohio River, gangs with blackened faces began to attack federal officials, beating and torturing the collectors who plagued them with the first federal tax ever laid on an American product—whiskey. In only a few years, those attacks snowballed into an organized regional movement dedicated to resisting the fledgling government's power and threatening secession, even civil war. With an unsparing look at both Hamilton and Washington—and at lesser-known, equally determined frontier leaders such as Herman Husband and Hugh Henry Brackenridge—journalist and popular historian William Hogeland offers an insightful, fast-paced account of the remarkable characters who perpetrated this forgotten revolution, and those who suppressed it. To Hamilton, the whiskey tax was key to industrial growth and could not be permitted to fail. To hard-bitten people in what was then the wild West, the tax paralyzed their economies while swelling the coffers of greedy creditors and industrialists. To President Washington, the settlers' resistance catalyzed the first-ever deployment of a huge federal army, led by the president himself, a military strike to suppress citizens who threatened American sovereignty. Daring, finely crafted, by turns funny and darkly poignant, The Whiskey Rebellion promises a surprising trip for readers unfamiliar with this primal national drama—whose climax is not the issue of mere taxation but the very meaning and purpose of the American Revolution. With three original maps by Jack Ryan.

Download or read book Rebels of the Red Planet written by Charles Fontenay and published by Ozymandias Press. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MARS FOR THE MARTIANS! Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant, ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on Mars.

Download or read book Whiskey Rebellion written by William Hogeland and published by . This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of violence, alcohol, and taxes, this book pits Pres. George Washington and Sec. of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton against angry, armed settlers across the Appalachians. Hogeland brings to life the rebellion that contributed to the establishment of fed. authority. In 1791, at the headwaters of the Ohio River, gangs began to attack fed. officials, beating and torturing the collectors who plagued them with the first fed. tax ever laid on an American product -- whiskey. Those attacks snowballed into an organized regional movement dedicated to resisting the fledgling government¿s power and threatening secession. Here is an insightful account of the remarkable characters who perpetrated this forgotten revolution, and those who suppressed it. Maps.

Download or read book Rebels of the Red Planet written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant, ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on Mars. The Phoenix had been destroyed not once, not twice, but three times! But this time the resurrected Dark had new plans, plans which involved dangerous experiments in mutation and psionics. And now the rebels realized they were in double jeopardy. Not only from the government's desperate hatred of their movement, but also from the growing possibility that the new breed of mutated monsters would get out of hand and bring terrors never before known to man. First Page: REBELS OF THE RED PLANET by CHARLES L. FONTENAY Charles L. Fontenay has also written: TWICE UPON A TIME (D 266) Copyright (c), 1961, by Ace Books, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A. ACE BOOKS, INC. 23 West 47th Street, New York 36, N.Y. MARS FOR THE MARTIANS! Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant, ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on Mars. The Phoenix had been destroyed not once, not twice, but three times! But this time the resurrected Dark had new plans, plans which involved dangerous experiments in mutation and psionics. And now the rebels realized they were in double jeopardy. Not only from the government's desperate hatred of their movement, but also from the growing possibility that the new breed of mutated monsters would get out of hand and bring terrors never before known to man.

Download or read book Anawan s Belt written by Tom Lonergan and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anawan's Belt is a story of love, adventure and conflicted loyalty set in historic New England during King Philip's War. In 1675, Indian rebellion inflames the young English colonies at Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. Villages are burned. Hundreds of settlers are butchered, men, women and children, as the whites of New England face extermination at the hands of the descendants of Massasoit, the once powerful Native American sachem who first welcomed the English to his shores. As a young colonial carpenter named Nathanial Church picks up his musket and rushes into the heart of the conflict, he is joined by a beautiful Wampanoag princess, his playmate since childhood. Together, Church and his princess endure brutal warfare and tortured imprisonment at the hands of the rebels, maintaining all the while respectful loyalty to one another and to the warrior leaders, both red and white, they once knew as neighbors.

Download or read book Settlers and rebels written by Commissioners of the Royal North-West Mounted Police and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: