| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 272 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Prologue: George III and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg -- War in the north. Founding mothers in the first days of revolution -- Correspondence committees, the Tea Party and coercive acts -- Siege of Boston and the Canada campaign -- New York and New Jersey campaigns -- Saratoga campaign, Ben Franklin and French aid -- Valley Forge, Monmouth Battle and Sullivan's Raid -- War in the south. Regulators and Wataugans -- Pontiac's War, boundaries and treaties and Dunmore's War -- Transylvania, Great Bridge Battle and Kentucky County, Virginia -- Snow campaign, Moore's Creek, Sullivan's Island and the Cherokee War -- Northwest Territory, Chickamauga Expedition and mid-Tennessee -- Georgia invades Florida, and the Savannah and Augusta campaigns -- Charlestown campaign, Camden Battle and Fishing Creek -- Militiamen cross the Blue Ridge and face Ferguson in Tryon County -- Watauga, Kings Mountain and the journey home -- Cornwallis reverses course and confronts Greene in the south -- British and American strategy in the Virginia campaign -- The Virginia campaign and the American victory at Yorktown -- The last pockets of revolution and the Treaty of Paris |
| Summary |
"Without the support of American women, victory in the Revolutionary War would not have been possible. They followed the Continental Army, handling a range of jobs usually performed by men. The author focuses on the many key roles women filled in the struggle for independence, from farming to making saltpeter to spying"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 26, 2023) |
| Subject |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Frau
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Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
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Soziale Rolle
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Female
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476630878 |
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1476630879 |
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