In addition to being a contest of arms, the U.S. Revolutionary War was a battle of words from which came many important documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, portions of ten of which are presented here.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
A war of words and ideas -- Chronology of the Revolution -- No taxation without representation / by James Otis -- Taxing America is unjust / by William Pitt -- Contradictions in the right to freedom / by Phillis Wheatley -- Liberty or death / by William Wirt -- England cannot hope to subdue the colonies / by Edmund Burke -- A proclamation offering freedom to the slaves / by Lord John Dunmore -- Common sense / by Thomas Paine -- A message to slaveholders / by Samuel Hopkins -- We have no other alternative than independence / by Samuel Adams -- The Declaration of Independence / by Thomas Jefferson.