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As if an enemy's country : the British occupation of Boston and the origins of revolution /
In the dramatic few years when colonial Americans were galvanized to resist British rule, perhaps nothing did more to foment anti-British sentiment than the armed occupation of Boston. As If an Enemy's Country is Richard Archer's gripping narrative of those critical months between October...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Pivotal moments in American history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.