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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution
Introduction by Time Corp’s Corporate Overlord, Finn Greenquill
Foreword
Time Corp Limitation of Liability
Time Corp Worldwide Headquarters
Contents
Introduction: The Basics of Time Travel
1. Intro to Time Travel
2. The Rules of Time Travel
Helpful Hints: Signs You Are Caught in a Time Loop
3. Time Patrol
4. Your Time Machine
Chapter 1: The Boston Tea Party
Welcome to Massachusetts
Welcome to Boston
The Boston Tea Party
Things the Bostonians Are Mad About
Other Things the Bostonians Should be Mad About
How to Dress in Colonial America
What’s the Deal with Powdered Wigs?
The Intolerable Acts
The Sons of Liberty
The Road to War
Chapter 2: The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
The Battle of Lexington—The Shot Heard ’Round the World
Helpful Hints: How to Fire a Musket
The Battle of Concord
Helpful Hints: Your Odds of Being Hit by a Musket Ball
Helpful Hints: Your Odds of Being Hit by a Rifle
Retreat to Lexington
Chapter 3: The Battle of Bunker Hill
Helpful Hints: African Americans in the Revolutionary War
The British Attack
General Howe’s Not-So-Brilliant Plan
Worse Commanders Than William Howe
Better Commanders Than William Howe
Helpful Hints: British Battle “Strategy”
People to Have Lunch With: Salem Poor
Americans Fight to the Death
Helpful Hints: What to Do If You Are Shot by a Musket
The Final Assault
Chapter 4: The Siege of Boston
People to Have Lunch With: John Greenwood
Robbing Fort Ticonderoga
The Trail of Henry Knox
Helpful Hints: What to Expect When You’re Expecting . . . to Be Shot by a Cannon
Cannons Are Awesome
Sneaking the Cannons into Position
People to Have Lunch With: Phillis Wheatley
Winning the Siege
Chapter 5: The Declaration of Independence
People to Have Lunch With: Benjamin Franklin
Helpful Hints: American Indians in the American Revolution
Riots in New York
Chapter 6: The Battle of Brooklyn
The British Attack Brooklyn
Brooklyn Heights
The British Attack Manhattan
Chapter 7: The Crisis
The Crisis
Crossing the Delaware
The Battle of Trenton
Chapter 8: Payback Time
People to Have Lunch With: Betsy Ross
Life in the Continental Army
Helpful Hints: Women in the Army
Helpful Hints: Punishment in the Continental Army
The Battles of Saratoga
The British Take Philadelphia
The Winter at Valley Forge
How to Survive the Continental Army
Europe Gives a Helping Hand
People to Have Lunch With: Alexander Hamilton
Helpful Hints: Thomas Jefferson’s Moose
Chapter 9: The Battle of Cowpens
People to Have Lunch With: John Paul Jones
Daniel Morgan
“The Butcher”
People to Have Dinner With: Nancy Hart
Chapter 10: Victory
The Siege of Yorktown
People to Have Lunch With: James Armistead Lafayette
Peace
The United States of America
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
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