The miracle of American independence : twenty ways things could have turned out differently /
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Seven ways the British might have averted American independence
- Britain could have continued to accept America's partial autonomy
- There might have been a peaceful resolution of the colonial rivalry of 1748-1755
- The war of 1755 could have ended in a quick British victory
- The French could have won the war
- The British Army could have withdrawn from the American frontier
- The British government might have learned a lesson from the Stamp Act fiasco
- The British might have avoided war with the American colonies
- Part II. Twelve ways the British could have overcome American independence
- American resistance might have been fatally weakened during 1775
- The Seven Years' War could have permanently weakened the French Navy
- The British might have accepted France's pleas for better relations
- King Louis XVI could have refused to arm the Americans
- The British might have crushed the Continental Army
- Louis XVI could have pulled back from war
- Spain might not have joined the war
- Spain might have made peace with Britain
- The British might have captured West Point
- A financial collapse could have doomed the Revolution
- The allies might not have achieved the cooperation needed for victory
- The peace treaty could have left the United States too weak to survive
- Part III. The way the United States could have lost its independence
- The american union might not have lasted.