William Tryon confronts the American Revolution, 1771-1780.

Presents a study on the career of William Tryon, a British officer in in the 1770s, focusing on his role in the American Revolution. Role in the attempts to suppress colonial discontent against Britain; Enforcing British authority and isolating a minority of radicals; Views on how a war should be prosecuted; Coercing colonists back to submission to royal and parliamentary authority.