Review Of Revolutionary Summer: The Birth Of American Independence By Joseph J. Ellis

In Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence, Joseph J. Ellis tells an old story through a new light, with a brightness at once colorful and compelling. The summer months of 1776 have the most consequential events in the story of the Unites States of America’s founding. During the time when the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to become independent from the British Empire, the British sent out the largest fleet of ships and soldiers ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean to defeat the rebellion, before it even had the ability to start. The Continental Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make a decision on the move, improvising as history formed around them. Ellis strategically examines the most influential events in this auspicious moment, including the affluent leaders George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Britain's Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He intertwines the political and military angles as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other front.
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He states that the continental congress headed by John Adams decided on Independence. The army was left Boston from there victory over the British and headed for New York. Throughout the summer of 1776 the continental congress was the strongest it had ever been. It was proved that it wasn’t the best when the army needed its help and it fell through. When Britain’s army started to leave Boston the colonial army declared a win. At the battle of Bunker Hill Washington’s untrained army did not do well. This was proven by the tragic ending in New York. One of the more interesting points in the narrative was the encounter between Washington and Howe when they had their big blowout over the win at Bunker