The Spirit of ’74: How the American Revolution Began

Introduction. The Missing 16 Months

Ch. 1 – Boston: Tea

Ch. 2 – London: Crackdown

Ch. 3 – Salem: Assembly and Town Meetings

Ch. 4 – Berkshire County: Committees of Correspondence

Ch. 5 – Hampshire County: “River Gods”

Ch. 6 – Massachusetts Towns and Countryside: Mobs

Ch. 7 – Somerville and Cambridge: The Powder Alarm

Ch. 8 – Worcester County: Militias

Ch. 9 – Philadelphia and Cambridge: Two Congresses

Ch. 10 –New England and London: Arms Race

Ch. 11 – Salem, Worcester, or Concord: Where Will the British Strike?

Ch. 12 – “Every Middlesex Village and Farm”: The Real Alarm

Ch. 13 – Lexington and Concord: Bloodshed

Ch. 14 – Boston Once Again: The War Is On

Ch. 15 – A People’s Revolution