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Myths Perpetuated:

90: “Sam” Adams gave the “signal” to start the Boston Tea Party. See Founding Myths, chapter 3.

91: Paul Revere and the signal lanterns: “The British are coming.” See Founding Myths, chapter 1.

92: “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.” See Founding Myths, chapter 9.

95: Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech. See Founding Myths, chapter 8.

95: 500,000 copies of Common Sense sold in six months. See Founding Myths, chapter 6.

103: “Molly Pitcher” was a real person. See Founding Myths, chapter 2.

104: 5,000 African Americans fought for the Americans, while “in South Carolina alone, the British rounded up over 5,000 slaves —but no mention of the even larger number that fled to the British seeking freedom. See Founding Myths, chapter 10.

106: Loyalists “launched savage attacks” in the South; no mention of similar patriot actions. See Founding Myths, chapter 11.

107: Yorktown ended the Revolutionary War. See Founding Myths, chapter 12.

Critical items neglected, which change our understanding of the Revolution:

The first seizure of political and military authority from the British — Massachusetts, 1774. See Founding Myths, chapter 4.

Over ninety state and local declarations of independence, which set the stage for the congressional declaration. See Founding Myths, chapter 6.

General Sullivan’s genocidal expedition against the Iroquois, the only significant American campaign of 1779. See Founding Myths, chapter 13.

The winter the Continental Army spent at Morristown — far worse than that spent at Valley Forge, and the harshest in 400 years. See Founding Myths, chapter 5.

The global context for the American Revolution — why the war continued after Yorktown. See Founding Myths, chapter 12.