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Most of what is known about Hill's service during the American Revolution is recorded in the daily diary he kept. A three-volume book about the diary titled A Gentleman of Fortune – The Diary of Baylor Hill - 1st Continental Light Dragoons 1777-1781 was published in October 2002 by the late John T. Hayes, editor of The Saddlebag Press. [2]
The Model Treaty, or the Plan of 1776, was a template for commercial treaties that the United States planned to make with foreign powers during the American Revolution against Great Britain. [1] It was drafted by the Continental Congress to secure economic resources for the war effort, and to serve as an idealistic guide for future relations ...
The Lee Resolution, also known as "The Resolution for Independence", was the formal assertion passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776, resolving that the Thirteen Colonies (then referred to as the United Colonies) were "free and independent States" and separate from the British Empire.
The American Enlightenment was a critical precursor of the American Revolution. Chief among the ideas of the American Enlightenment were the concepts of natural law, natural rights, consent of the governed, individualism, property rights, self-ownership, self-determination, liberalism, republicanism, and defense against corruption.
The American Revolution includes political, social, and military aspects. The revolutionary era is generally considered to have begun with the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 and ended with the ratification of the United States Bill of Rights in 1791. The military phase of the revolution, the American Revolutionary War, lasted
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Pages in category "Documents of the American Revolution" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution. Oup USA. ISBN 9780199746705. Greene, Jack P.; Pole, J. R., eds. (2003). A Companion to the American Revolution (2nd ed.). Wiley. ISBN 9781405116749. Hattem, Michael D. (2013). "The Historiography of the American Revolution". Journal of the American Revolution. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26