How Long to Read Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion”

How Long Does it Take to Read Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion”?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion” by Peter Oliver

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

One difficulty in writing a balanced history of the American Revolution arises in part from its success as a creator of our nation and our nationalistic sentiment. Unlike the Civil War, unlike the French Revolution, the American Revolution produced no lingering social trauma in the United States—it is a historic event widely applauded by Americans today as both necessary and desirable. But one consequence of this happy unanimity is that the chief losers of the War of Independence—the American Loyalists—have fared badly at the hands of historians. This explains, in part, why the account of the Revolution recorded by self-professed Loyalist and Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, Peter Oliver, has heretofore been so routinely overlooked. Oliver's manuscript, entitled "The Origins & Progress of the American Rebellion," written in 1781, challenges the motives of the founding fathers, and depicts the revolution as passion, plotting, and violence. His descriptions of the leaders of the patriot party, of their program and motives, are unforgiving, bitter, and inevitably partisan. But it records the impressions of one who had experienced these events, knew most of the combatants intimately, and saw the collapse of the society he had lived in. His history is a very important contemporary account of the origins of the revolution in Massachusetts, and is now presented here in it entirety for the first time.

How long is Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion”?

Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion” by Peter Oliver is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion” Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion” aloud.

What Reading Level is Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion”?

Peter Oliver’s “Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion” is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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