American Independence in Verse

<p><strong><em>Britain is a haughty nation drunk with power</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>And acts the drunken man upon a precipice.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>Here is the epic story of American Independence from the Stamp Tax riots to the Declaration told in verse by its opponents and its champions: among them Samuel Adams Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.</p><p></p><p><em>If we here boldly speak our grievances</em></p><p><em>We speak as free men enjoying rights</em></p><p><em>Derived from nature not the gift of kings.</em></p><p><em>Let those flatter who fear.</em>-- Thomas Jefferson</p>