A New Independent Nation

We'll tie a bow around Marines serving in the American Revolution and talk about the decision to disband the Continental Marines. We'll also get into some statistics about the war.


REFERENCES:

  • America’s Wars: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  • FranMott, F. L. (1944). The newspaper coverage of Lexington and Concord. Orono, Me.: University Press.

  • Holton, W. (2000). Forced founders: Indians, debtors, slaves, and the making of the American Revolution in Virginia. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press.

  • Peckham, H. H. (1974). The toll of independence: engagements and battle casualties of the American revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

  • Smith, C. R., & Waterhouse, C. H. (1975). Marines in the Revolution: a history of the Continental Marines in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Washington: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

  • Wood, G. S. (1993). The radicalism of the American Revolution. New York: Vintage Books.