The Year That Made America details how American Independence came to be. 4th July is celebrated as Independence Day but the actual vote for independence was on 2nd July, 1776. This details moments throughout that year with January and the publication of Common Sense by Thomas Paine up to December with the revolution. This discusses all the heavy players who made American Independence happen and the issues between John Adams and Jefferson.

This is very well detailed and it’s obvious this author has done a lot of research into this topic. This has a lot do information and dates and it feels very informative.