They cry out for home -- Whipped like an animal -- The men were so panic struck -- I believe liberty is the slave's right -- We are not bound to yield obedience -- Seventeen hundred Levellers with firearms -- Nothing can eradicate the seeds of liberty -- A Tea Party -- You damned rebels -- Against great odds -- A town under siege -- Did Polly set the sponge for the bread? -- I believe this year will decide the fate of America -- 'Tis time to part -- Remember the ladies! -- We hold these truths -- A fortunate retreat -- We pounced upon the Hessians like an eagle -- My brave fellows, your country is at stake -- We cannot kill our fellowmen -- Turning point -- The times that try men's souls -- Death ceased to terrify -- Black bravery -- War in Indian country -- Death is a daily visitor -- I'm not afraid of the cannonballs -- They are crying for quarter! -- It was a mutiny -- The people have become savage -- The true sovereign -- Be bold and daring -- We beamed with joy -- Never a good war or a bad peace -- A band of brothers -- This country has so many charms -- We, the people of the United States -- A Bill of Rights

Letters, diaries, memoirs, interviews, ballads, newspaper articles, and speeches depict life and events in the American colonies in the second half of the eighteenth century, with an emphasis on the years of the Revolutionary War