Conférence : Bertrand VAN RUYMBEKE - 1776. L'année américaine

This year, 1776, focuses on the decisive period of the American Revolution from the Boston Tea Party (December 1773) to the end of 1776. This book, which focuses mainly on the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, explains how the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies first revolted against Parliament and then declared their independence on 4 July 1776. Who are the members of Congress? How does it work? What steps led to independence and war? These are some of the questions at the heart of this book.

Bertrand Van Ruymbeke is a professor of American civilisation and history at Paris 8 University, an honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France and a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. He is the author of From New Babylon to Eden.