The spirit of 74 : how the American Revolution began / Ray Raphael and Marie Raphael.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Raphael, Ray (Author)
Raphael, Marie (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2015.
Subjects:
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
Massachusetts > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Massachusetts.
United States.
1775-1783
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xx, 276 pages ; 22 cm
Variant Title:
Spirit of Seventy-four.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Setting the stage
  • Boston : tea ; London : crackdown
  • The Revolution of 1774. Salem : provincial assembly and town meetings ; Berkshire County : Committees of Correspondence ; Hampshire County : "river gods" ; Massachusetts towns and countryside : "mobs" ; Charlestown and Cambridge : powder alarm ; Worcester County : militia
  • Defending the Revolution. Philadelphia and Cambridge : two congresses ; New England : arms race ; Salem, Worcester, or Concord : where will the British strike? ; Massachusetts : sixteen days ; Lexington and Concord: war
  • Local events, national narratives, and global impact.