Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor : the forging of American independence, 1774-1776
The Continental Congress : A Chronology -- The Genesis of Revolution, 1763-1774 -- The Quest for a Unified American Resistance -- The Delegates Gather in Philadelphia -- Two Different Paths to Liberty : John Adams and John Dickinson -- The Congress Organizes -- "Fight Against Them That Fight Against Me" -- Galloway's Last Stand -- Getting Acquainted in the City of Brotherly Love -- Power to the People -- The First Congress Completes Its Business -- Escalation -- A New Congress, Changed Circumstances -- John Hancock Enters the Drama -- Congress Assumes Command of a War -- Desperate Efforts at Reconciliation Amidst an Escalating War -- Managing a War While Seeking Peace -- Waiting for King George III -- Small Steps Toward Independence -- The Year 1776 Dawns -- "The Scales Have Fallen from Our Eyes" -- "The Child Independence Is Now Struggling for Birth" -- Fourteen Paths to Independence -- "The Greatest Debate of All" -- Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence -- America's Declaration of Independence.
