Breaking the backcountry : the Seven Years' War in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1754-1765 /
Exciting history of the Seven Years' War (i.e., The French and Indian War) from the perspective of the region in which it began and most affected the early U.S.: the backcountry communities of Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Collision of Worlds: 1700-1755
- War Comes to the Backcountry
- "Dissatisfact'n, Discontent and Clamours of All Ranks": The Breakdown of Backcountry Society, 1755-1758
- "An Extream Bad Collection of Broken Innkeepers, Horse Jockeys, & Indian Traders": The Provincial Forces
- Wars and Words: Political Conflict and the Diplomatic Offensive
- Turning Point: The British Drive to the Ohio
- The Quest for Security, 1759-1763
- Denouement: "Pontiac's War," 1763-1765
- Composition of the Provincial Regiments.