Frontier rebels : the fight for independence in the American west, 1765-1776 / Patrick Spero.

The story of the "Black Boys," a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. Drawing on largely forgotten manuscript sources from archives across North America, Spero recasts the familiar narrative of the American Revolution to reveal how the West played a crucia...

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Main Author: Spero, Patrick (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Croghan, George, > 1720?-1782.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Frontier and pioneer life > United States.
Ottawa people > History.
Insurgency > Pennsylvania > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Colonization.
Black Boys Rebellion, 1765.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Ottawa Indians.
War > Causes.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
1600-1783
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxvi, 268 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface: the crisis of empire
  • Setting the stage
  • The mission
  • The convoy departs
  • The attack
  • Transformation
  • Crisis
  • Independence
  • The elusive peace
  • Disintegration
  • Imperial failure
  • Revolution
  • Epilogue: legacies