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Historian Holton (American history, Univ. of South Carolina), a National Book Award finalist for Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, writes a new history of the American Revolution that explains why free colonists decided to declare independence and fight a grisly, protracted war with Britain. He identifies conditions that influenced the American Revolution in astonishing ways, including the global and domestic economic impact of the Seven Years' War; the fight for freedom of people marginalized by the U.S. colon...Log In or Sign Up to Read More