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The spirit of 74 : how the American Revolution began / Ray Raphael and Marie Raphael.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raphael, Ray, author.
- Raphael, Marie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
- United States.
- History.
- Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 276 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Spirit of Seventy-four
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2015.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781620971260
- 1620971267
- OCLC:
- 904755978
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