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The Spirit of 74: How the American Revolution Began

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Americans know concerning the Boston Tea Party and “the shot heard ’round the world,” but sixteen months divided these two iconic events, a period that has nearly been lost to history. The Spirit of ’74 fills on this gap in our nation’s founding narrative, showing how in these mislaid months, step-by-step, real people made a revolution.

After the Tea Party, Parliament not only shut down a port but in addition revoked the sacred Massachusetts charter. Completely disenfranchised, citizens rose up as a body and get rid of British rule in all places with the exception of in Boston, where British forces were stationed. A “Spirit of ’74” initiated the American Revolution, much as the better-known “Spirit of ’76” sparked independence. Redcoats marched on Lexington and Concord to take back a lost province, but they encountered Massachusetts militiamen who had trained for months to offer protection to the revolution they’d already made.

The Spirit of ’74 places our founding moment in a wealthy and new historical context, both changing and deepening its meaning for all Americans.
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