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Great Epochs in American History, Volume III

This is the third volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume III describes the French war and the Revolution and covers time period from 1745 to 1782. - Summary by Kikisaulite

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Introduction by the Editor (BettyB)
The Two Sieges of Louisburg (1745 anad 1758) by A.G. Bradley (Jason Anderson)
The Albany "Plan of Union" for the Colonies (1754) by Benjamin Franklin (Siler Weaver)
Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows (1753-1754) I: by A.G. Bradley (velo26)
Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows (1753-1754) II: Washington's own account (velo26)
The Defeat of Braddock (1755) I: by A.G. Bradley (Tatiana Chichilla)
The Defeat of Braddock (1755) II: Washington's own account (Greg Giordano)
The Deportation of the Acadians of Nova Scotia (1755) by A.G. Bradley (Lynda Marie Neilson)
The Victory of Wolfe at Quebec (1759) by Captain John Knox (Lynda Marie Neilson)
The Stamp Act and Its Repeal (1765) by William E. H. Lecky (Louis Hehman)
Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky (1769-1775) I: by Theodore Roosevelt (Bob Lyon)
Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky (1769-1775) II: Boone's own account (Jddykst)
The Boston Tea party (1773) I: by George Bancroft (Kristen Taylor)
The Boston Tea party (1773) II: Governor Hutchinson's Account (Larry Wilson)
Patrick Henry's Call to Arms (1775) by William Wirt (Larry Wilson)
Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1775) I: by William E. H. Lecky (Larry Wilson)
Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1775) II: William Emerson's Account of the Concord Fight (Larry Wilson)
Washington's Appointment as Commander-in-Chief (1775) by Washington Irving (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Washington's Capture of Boston (1776), Washington's own account (Greg Giordano)
The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" (1776) I: by James Parton (thestorygirl)
The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" (1776) II: John Adams's Account (thestorygirl)
Franklin in France by Sir George Trevelyan (Bill Mosley)
The Battles of Trenton and Princeton (1777) by William E. H. Lecky (J. M. Smallheer)
The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (1777) by Sir Edward Creasy (Louis Hehman)
John Paul Jone's Sea Fight (1779) by John Paul Jones (Phil Schempf)
Arnold's Treason (1780) by William E. H. Lecky (Ciufi Galeazzi)
The Execution of André (1780) I: by Gen. William Heath (Ciufi Galeazzi)
The Execution of André (1780) II: the historian's Lecky's view (Ciufi Galeazzi)
The Capture of Vincennes (1779), George Rogers Clark's own Account (VTDave)
The Surrender of Cornwallis (1781), Cornwalli's own Account (Paul Harvey)
Washington's Services in the War by William E. H. Lecky (Kristen Taylor)
The Cost of the War by Richard Hildreth (BettyB)
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