Histoire documentaire des Etats-Unis : 2 : La Révolution américaine, 1775-1783

Histoire documentaire des Etats-Unis : 2 La Révolution américaine, 1775-1783

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Autres auteurs : Bonnet Jean-Marie (Directeur de publication), Vincent Bernard (Directeur de publication, Éditeur scientifique)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
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Titre complet : Histoire documentaire des Etats-Unis / dirigée par Jean-Marie Bonnet et Bernard Vincent. 2, La Révolution américaine, 1775-1783 / [documents choisis par Bernard Vincent]
Publié : Nancy : Presses universitaires de Nancy , DL 1985
Description matérielle : 1 volume (191 pages)
Collection : Histoire documentaire des Etats-Unis ; 2
Titre de l'ensemble : Histoire documentaire des Etats-Unis vol. 2
Sujets :
États-Unis > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Sources
  • Chapitre I: l'ouverture des hostilités.
  • 1- Battle of Lexington.
  • 2- General Gage offers his pardon.
  • 3- The Taking of Ticonderoga.
  • 4- Address of the Continental Congress "to the oppressed inhabitants of Canada".
  • 5- Bunker's Hill.
  • 6- John Adams: "Mr Wahington unanimously elected commender in chief".
  • 7- Capitulation at "The Cedars": Report from Committee of Congress.
  • Chapitre II: La Grande-Bretagne devant l'épreuve.
  • 1- London merchants petition for reconciliation.
  • 2- Lord Effingham resigns his commission in the army.
  • 3- Earl of Chatham (William Pitt): "Let us retract while we can, not when we must".
  • 4- Edmund Burke: "On conciliation with the colonies".
  • 5- George III: "A desperate conspiracy".
  • Chapitre III: l'Indépendance déclarée.
  • 1- Declaration of the causes and Necessity of taking up arms.
  • 2- The "Olive Branch Petition".
  • 3- The King's Proclamation to Parliament.
  • 4- Thomas Paine: "Tis time to part".
  • 5- Recommendations by Congress to establish independent state governments.
  • 6- The Declaration of Independence.
  • Chapitre IV: Les Loyalistes.
  • 1- Loyalism in North Carolina: An Adress to Governor Josiah Martin.
  • 2- Alexander Graydon: "The fashion of tarring, feathering and carting".
  • 3- Samuel Adams: "Let's root out these pernicious weeds".
  • 4- Samuel Curwen: A Letter on the harships of exile.
  • 5- New York Act of Confiscation.
  • 6- Benjamin Franklin: "No retribution for the Royalists".
  • Chapitre V: Sur le théâtre de la guerre.
  • 1- An assessment of Amarican casualties.
  • 2- The fall of Fort Washington as seen by a Hessian soldier.
  • 3- George Washington: "The downfall of our cause".
  • 4- The Battle of Saratoga.
  • 5- Gate's defeat at Camden: A scathing comment by Alexander Hamilton.
  • 6- Capitulation at Yorktown: Correspondence between Washington and Cornwallis.
  • 7- Blacks and Indians in the Revolution.
  • Chapitre VI: L'action diplomatique.
  • 1- Congress sends an agent to France.
  • 2- Beaumarchais : "A Zealous partisan of the American Cause".
  • 3- Treaty of alliance with France.
  • 4- The Carlisle Commission.
  • Chapitre VII: Les défis intérieurs.
  • 1- Congress seeks to halt the depreciation of Continental money.
  • 2- Congress recommends all states to adopt price and wage regulation.
  • 3- Alexander Hamilton: "The tribe of profiteers"..
  • 4- Alexander Hamilton : On the necessity of a National Bank.
  • 5- The problem of western lands.
  • Chapitre VIII: Les conquêtes politiques et sociales.
  • 1- The Virginia Bill of Rights.
  • 2-The Articles of Confederation.
  • 3- The Virginia Act for establishing religious freedom.
  • 5- Jefferson's plan for education.
  • 6- The Pennsylvania Act abolishing slavery.
  • Chapitre IX- La fin du conflit.
  • 1- George III: A draft messsage of abdication.
  • 2- George Washington prevents a military coup.
  • 3- Treaty of peace with Great-Britain.
  • 4- Washington's farewell address to Congress.