"1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton" Topic
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Tango01 | 03 Feb 2021 5:10 p.m. PST |
"Mary Beth Norton keenly focuses on the sixteen months during which the traditional loyalists to King George III began their discordant "discussions" that led to their acceptance of the inevitability of war against the British Empire and to the clashes at Lexington and Concord in mid-April 1775. Drawing extensively on pamphlets, newspapers, and personal correspondence, Norton reconstructs colonial political discourse as it happened, showing the vigorous campaign mounted by conservatives criticizing congressional actions. But by then it was too late. In early 1775, governors throughout the colonies informed colonial officials in London that they were unable to thwart the increasing power of the committees and their allied provincial congresses. Although the Declaration of Independence would not be formally adopted until July 1776, Americans, even before the outbreak of war in April 1775, had in effect "declared independence" by obeying the decrees of their new provincial governments rather than colonial officials."
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GR C17 | 03 Feb 2021 6:49 p.m. PST |
The podcast "Ben Franklin's World" has two 56 minute episodes with the author. |
doc mcb | 03 Feb 2021 8:28 p.m. PST |
The radicals/revolutionaries (men like Sam Adams) out-organized any opposition, every which way, and the Committee of Correspondence system was key to that. However, Parliament's blunder in the Coercive Acts was what made war inevitable. If Parliament had limited itself to the Boston Port Bill the moderates would have ousted Adams from power and paid for the tea to get the port open. But the other Coercive Acts struck at the very foundation of colonial self-rule, and for all the colonies and not just Massachusetts. |
doc mcb | 03 Feb 2021 8:32 p.m. PST |
A small number of radicals, well organized and in the right place at the right time, can influence the world. If you look at the Puritan movement in Britain that culminated in Cromwell, it began as about a dozen ministers who corresponded and preached the same message. And in 1774 it was Adams and no more than a dozen other key radicals in Boston who guided events (Tea party, etc.) leading to revolution. |
Tango01 | 04 Feb 2021 12:25 p.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand
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