Prelude to Revolution : The Salem Gunpowder Raid of 1775 /

Before colonial Americans could declare independence, they had to undergo a change of heart. Beyond a desire to rebel against British mercantile and fiscal policies, they had to believe that they could stand up to the fully armed British soldier. This work uncovers one story of how the Americans fou...

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Autor principal: Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Great Britain. > Army.
Grande-Bretagne. > Army > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Great Britain > Army > History > 18th century.
Great Britain. > Army > History > 18th century.
Überfall
Vorgeschichte
Schiesspulver
Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
Munitionslager
Siedler
Raids (Military science)
Colonists.
Collective memory.
Civil-military relations.
War > Causes.
Memoire collective > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Colons (Colonisation) > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Raids > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Poudre à canon > Aspect politique > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Collective memory > United States > Case studies.
Colonists > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 18th century.
Civil-military relations > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 18th century.
Raids (Military science) > History > 18th century.
Gunpowder > Political aspects > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 18th century.
Salem, Mass.
United States.
Massachusetts > Salem.
Massachusetts.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Causes.
Massachusetts > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Salem (Mass.) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Salem (Mass.) > History, Military > 18th century.
Salem (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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History.
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Sumario:Before colonial Americans could declare independence, they had to undergo a change of heart. Beyond a desire to rebel against British mercantile and fiscal policies, they had to believe that they could stand up to the fully armed British soldier. This work uncovers one story of how the Americans found that confidence. On April 19, 1775, British raids on Lexington Green and Concord Bridge made history, but it was an episode nearly two months earlier in Salem, Massachusetts, that set the stage for the hostilities. The author has discovered records and newspaper accounts of a British gunpowder raid on Salem. Seeking powder and cannon hidden in the town, a regiment of British Regulars were foiled by quick-witted patriots who carried off the ordnance and then openly taunted the Regulars. The prudence of British commanding officer Alexander Leslie and the persistence of the patriot leaders turned a standoff into a bloodless triumph for the colonists. What might have been a violent confrontation turned into a local victory, and the patriots gloated as news spread of "Leslie's Retreat." When British troops marched on Lexington and Concord on that pivotal day in April, the author explains, each side had drawn diametrically opposed lessons from the Salem raid. It emboldened the rebels to stand fast and infuriated the British, who vowed never again to back down. After relating these battles in detail, the author provides a teachable problem in historic memory by asking why we celebrate Lexington and Concord but not Salem and why New Englanders recalled the events at Salem but then forgot their significance. -- From publisher's website.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (168 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781421410074

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