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Myths Perpetuated:

150, 156: By himself, “Sam” Adams, the “fiery orator,” built a spy network, started the Committees of Correspondence, and moved America toward independence. See Founding Myths, chapter 3.

154: “The British were coming.” (Colonists, of course, were British.) See Founding Myths, chapter 1.

155 (chart): British acted, colonists only reacted. See Founding Myths, chapter 4, 11, Conclusion.

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

161: “Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” See Founding Myths, chapter 9.

166-169: Signing the Declaration of Independence. See Founding Myths, Conclusion.

177: Numbers of Loyalists. See Founding Myths, chapter 7; People’s History of the American Revolution, chapter 4 (ft. 1 and 2).

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

187 (sidebar question): “Why Americans did not desert” at Valley Forge. See Founding Myths, chapter 5.

187-188: Heroics of George Rogers Clark “gave the Americans” a “vast region.” See Founding Myths, chapter 13.

194: Yorktown marked the end of 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 colder 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.