The spirit of 74
Subtitle: how the American Revolution began
By: Ray Raphael and Marie Raphael
Contributors: Raphael, Marie
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781620971260
Subjects: Causes; History
Other titles: Spirit of Seventy four
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage; title: Boston : tea ; London : crackdown; title: 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; title: 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; title: Local events, national narratives, and global impact.