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{{Short description|2001 book by Jeff Shaara}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}
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| name           = Rise to Rebellion
| title_orig     =
| translator     =
| image          = File:RiseToRebellion.jpg
| caption        = First edition
| author         =[[Jeff Shaara]]
| cover_artist   =
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| series         = American Revolution series
| genre          = Historical novel
| publisher      =[[Ballantine Books]]
| release_date   = 2001
| media_type     = Print  (Hardcover)
| pages          = 512 pp
| isbn           = 978-0-345-42753-3
| dewey          = 813/.54 21
| congress       = PS3569.H18 R57 2001
| oclc           = 45835526
| preceded_by    =
| followed_by    = [[The Glorious Cause]]
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'''''Rise to Rebellion''''' is a 2001 [[historical fiction]] book by [[Jeff Shaara]] that tells the story of the events leading up to the [[American Revolution]].  The book spans from the [[Boston Massacre]] to the signing of the [[U.S. Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] in 1776.  The events of the American Revolution are portrayed through the  perspectives of multiple characters, including Sentry Hugh White of the [[History of the British Army#American War of Independence|British army]], [[John Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], Lieutenant-General [[Thomas Gage]], [[George Washington]], Governor [[Thomas Hutchinson (governor)|Thomas Hutchinson]], Captain James Hall, [[Abigail Adams]], [[Paul Revere]], Dr. [[Joseph Warren]], and Major [[John Pitcairn]]. Other characters in the book include King George the Third, George Greenville, Samuel Adams, Issac Barre, John Hancock, John Wilkes, William Pitt, Edmund Burke, Sir Charles Townshend, Sir Will Hills, Francis Bernard, Deborah Franklin, William Franklin, Martha Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, General Jeffrey Amherst, [[Margaret Kemble Gage]], Captain Thomas Preston, Josiah Quincy, Samuel Johnson, Will Strahan, John Quincy Adams, Lord Wedderburn, Thomas Paine, Lord Admiral Richard Howe, John Montagu, Paul Revere, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, Captain John Parker, Walter Laurie, Admiral Graves, Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, Henry Clinton, John Burgoyne, Artemas Ward, William Prescott, General Putnam, Major Gridley, Charles Lee, Horatio Gates, William Tryon, Daniel Morgan, Bonvouloir, Richard Montgomery, Hiram Jones, Lady Germain, Henry Knox, Nathaniel Green, and Robert Livingston.  The book covers events leading to the American Revolution, starting with what is known as "The Boston Massacre" and ending with the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence.  

''Rise to Rebellion'' is the first of a two-part series on the American Revolution, modeled after Jeff and [[Michael Shaara]]'s [[United States Civil War|Civil War]] trilogy. It is followed by ''[[The Glorious Cause]]''.

==Reception==
''Rise to Rebellion'' received generally positive reviews for its vivid portrayal of the historical events of the American Revolution.  ''Booklist'' praised it as "an exciting evocation of events leading up to the formation of America,"<ref>{{cite web|title=Booklist Review: Rise to Rebellion|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Rise-to-Rebellion-A-Novel-of-the-American-Revolution-/pid=199431|work=Booklist|accessdate=September 13, 2011}}</ref> and ''Publishers Weekly'' appreciated the book's "passion and vigor."<ref>{{cite web|title=Fiction Review: Rise to Rebellion|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-42753-3|work=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=September 13, 2011}}</ref>  ''Kirkus Reviews,'' however, called the work "dull" and "disappointing," saying that the characters were "all so burdened by the task of providing the reader with huge dollops of sedulously digested information that Shaara neglects to give them any individual reality."<ref>{{cite web|title=Rise to Rebellion|url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/fiction/jeff-shaara/rise-to-rebellion/|work=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=September 13, 2011}}</ref>

''Rise to Rebellion'' spent six weeks on the [[New York Times]] [[The New York Times Best Seller list|fiction bestsellers]] list from July to August 2001.  It peaked at  No. 9 on the list in the week of July 22, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Times Best Seller List: Rise to Rebellion|url=http://nytbestsellerlist.com/book/X4492/RISE-TO-REBELLION/Jeff-Shaara|work=nytbestsellerlist.com|publisher=Dutton Software|accessdate=September 13, 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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