![]() ![]() Second, American patriots did not seek freedom in the Berlinian sense-post-war taxes were higher than those before the revolution!-as much as independence from their British masters, i.e., republican liberty. The British colonies to the west of the Atlantic grew to become economic, political, and social forces which strained the Empire’s capacity to maintain global unity. I won’t account for the twelve themes of American Revolutions here, but I want to reflect briefly on four topics that especially caught my attention.įirst, the American revolution started as a British civil war. The narrative thus unfolds successively from its historical depths, each chapter adding a new dimension to the same events. Taylor’s take on the Revolution is chronologically ordered, but not strictly so the book is divided in themes such as ”loyalties,” ”rebels,” and ”allies,” rather than time periods. It reads like a novel and sticks like honey-I haven’t been able to put it down since I first picked it up. Alan Taylor’s book offers a comprehensive yet accessible introduction. ![]() The American revolution is one of the most significant events in modern history, and I have always felt too uninformed about it. ![]()
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