The spirit of 74 : how the American Revolution began

Author

Ray Raphael

Call Number

• 973.31 R217 (OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : The New Press, 2015.

Physical Description

xx, 276 pages ; 22 cm

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.