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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Archer, Richard, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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.