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Prewar Conflict (<1775) March 16, 2017 March 12, 2017

Country Crowds in Revolutionary Massachusetts: Mobs and Militia

by Ray Raphael

Peter Oliver, the Crown-appointed Chief Justice of provincial Massachusetts, knew how to discredit popular protest. Mindless and incapable of acting on their own, crowds…

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Prewar Politics (<1775) July 29, 2014 August 28, 2016

The Stamp Act – A Brief History

by Mary Nesnay

Within a decade of the passage of the Stamp Act, England and her colonies would go to war. The Act would have a profound…

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1. David Price Ten Crucial Days, Five Crucial Factors

I think you're absolutely right, Bill - that's a point I make in the manuscript I'm working on that's a very extended version of the article. Thanks for your comments,…
2. Bill Welsch Ten Crucial Days, Five Crucial Factors

David! Great article. Thanks. I always think of luck when I hear contingency. A fancier term. I’ve stressed luck on my tours. I would add what I consider another example…
3. Bill Welsch Perspectives on the Ten Crucial Days of the Revolution

Hi Folks, I posted this comment under the wrong article from David. Please delete, and I will add it to the correct place. Thanks Bill