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Readings Handout #3
Dr. Rezelman

American Literature refers to your English textbook.  You have Mr. Kidd to "thank" for pointing out this resource to me. 

When you use the Oxford database, make sure you are reading the article from the correct book!  (For example, there may be articles with the same title in both the Oxford Companion to U.S. History and the Oxford Companion to American Military History; make sure you are reading the article from the book I list below.)  “I accidentally read the article from the wrong book” is not an acceptable excuse for failing to complete the assigned reading. 

Oh, and one final thing: it may seem odd, but we're actually making very little use of the United States at War database in this reading handout.  I spent a lot of time looking at their articles re the American Revolution.  The problem generally is that their articles are too long, i.e. I'd rather assign a one-page summary of a battle from the American History database than assign a 6-page article that goes into much more detail on the same subject from United States at War.  (You're welcome!)  As you can see we have made some use of it, but for the most part I've stuck with the briefer summaries in American History. 

The American Revolution, 1775-1783
 
  1. Opening Shots
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "Israel Putnam"  (2 pages)
      2. ANB: "Howe, William"  (2 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. American History: "Battle of Bunker Hill"  (1 page)
      2. Oxford Companion to U.S. History: "Bunker Hill, Battle of" 
        (1 page)
      3. Oxford Companion to American Military History: "Howe, Sir William"  (1 page)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. American History: "American Revolution"  (5 pages)
      2. DAH: "Revolution, American"  (15 pages)
         
  2. Revolutionary Politics
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "Thomas Paine"  (2 pages)
      2. American Literature: Jefferson, "From The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson"  (pp. 47-53)
      3. DAH: "Articles of Confederation"  (1 page)
      4. ANB: "Adams, Abigail"  (3 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. American History: "First Continental Congress"  (1 page)
      2. American History: "Second Continental Congress"  (1 page)
      3. EBO: "Continental Congress"  (2 pages)
      4. EBO: "Jefferson, Thomas -- Declaring Independence" 
        (2 pages)
      5. Oxford Companion to U.S. History: "Articles of Confederation"  (2 pages)
      6. American History: "Abigail Adams"  (3 pages)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. DAH: "Continental Congress"  (4 pages)
      2. EBO: "Hart, Nancy"  (1 page)
         
  3. Military History?
    1. main readings
      1. United States at War: Wars → American Revolution  → Opponents  → Great Britain (Overview)  (2 pages)
      2. United States at War: Wars → American Revolution  → Opponents  → United States (Overview)  (2 pages)
      3. United States at War: "Militia"  (5 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. Oxford Companion to American Military History:
        "Continental Army"  (4 pages)
      2. Oxford Companion to American Military History:
        "Citizen-Soldier"  (1 page)
      3. Oxford Companion to American Military History: "Revolutionary War (1775-1783): Military and Diplomatic Course"  (9 pages)
      4. Oxford Companion to American Military History:
        "Continental Navy"  (2 pages)
         
  4. The War in the North
    1. main readings
      1. EBO: "Washington, George -- Head of the Colonial Forces" 
        (3 pages)
      2. American History: "Benedict Arnold"  (2 pages)
      3. United States at War: "Lafayette, Marquis de"  (3 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. EBO: "Washington, George -- The Trenton-Princeton Campaign"  (5 pages)
      2. DAH: "Trenton, Battle of"  (1 page)
      3. American History: "John André"  (1 page)
      4. American History: "Horatio Gates"  (3 pages)
      5. ANB: "André, John"  (3 pages)
      6. ANB: "Arnold, Benedict"  (5 pages)
      7. ANB: "Lafayette, Marquis de"  (first two pages only)
      8. ANB: "Lee, Henry"  (3 pages)
      9. American History: "Battle of Saratoga"  (1 page)
         
  5. The War in the South
    1. main readings
      1. DAH: "Loyalists"  (2 pages)
      2. United States at War: "Charleston, South Carolina: American Revolution"  (1 page)
      3. American History: "Daniel Morgan"  (2 pages)
      4. American History: "Francis Marion"  (2 pages)
      5. United States at War: "Banastre Tarleton"  (4 pages)
      6. DAH: "French in the American Revolution"  (2 pages)
      7. EBO: "Virginia Capes, Battle of"  (1 page)
      8. ANB: "Cornwallis, Charles"  (2 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. EBO: "Loyalist"  (1 page)
      2. DAH: "Southern Campaigns"  (1 paragraph)
      3. Oxford Companion to American Military History:
        "Charleston, Siege of"  (1 page)
      4. Oxford Companion to American Military History:
        "Kings Mountain, Battle of"  (1 page)
      5. American History: "Battle of Camden"  (1 page)
      6. American History: "Battle of Cowpens"  (2 pages)
      7. American History: "Nathanael Greene"  (2 pages)
      8. ANB: "Marion, Francis"  (2 pages)
      9. ANB: "Morgan, Daniel"  (2 pages)
      10. DAH: "Yorktown Campaign"  (2 pages)
      11. Oxford Companion to U.S. History: "Yorktown, Battle of" 
        (1 page)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. DAH: "Indians in the Revolution"  (2 pages)
      2. United States at War: "Loyalists"  (5 pages)
      3. Oxford Companion to Canadian History: "Black Loyalists" 
        (1 page)
         
  6. The Treaty of Paris (1783)
    1. main readings
      1. DAH: "Paris, Treaty of (1783)"  (2 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. Oxford Companion to U.S. History: "Paris, Treaty of (1783)" 
        (1 page)
         

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