As if an enemy's country : the British occupation of Boston and the origins of revolution /
Perhaps nothing did more to foment anti-British sentiment than the armed occupation of Boston. This is Richard Archer's narrative of those critical months between October 1, 1768 and the winter of 1770 when Boston was an occupied town. Archer moves deftly between the governor's mansion and...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Pivotal moments in American history.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : a garrisoned town
- Grenville's innovation
- On the brink
- Power and the opposition
- An accommodation of sorts
- The Townshend blunder
- A momentous decision
- Camping on the Common
- Occupation
- The merchants and John Mein
- Prelude to a tragedy
- The massacre on King Street
- Aftermath
- Conclusion : a revolutionary legacy.