Summary of Joseph J. Ellis's The Cause

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The American Revolution was a highly compressed historical moment that resulted in the independence of the United States. The British called it the American rebellion, an accurate description of the eight-year war fought by former British colonists who sought to secede from the British Empire. #2 The American side of the story requires a different kind of movement from the top to the bottom of the social scale