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The Salem Gunpowder Raid of 1775

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An edition of Prelude to Revolution (2013)

Prelude to Revolution

The Salem Gunpowder Raid of 1775

Before colonial Americans could declare independence, they had to undergo a change of heart. Beyond a desire to rebel against British mercantile and fiscal policies, they had to believe that they could stand up to the fully armed British soldier. This work uncovers one story of how the Americans found that confidence. On April 19, 1775, British raids on Lexington Green and Concord Bridge made history, but it was an episode nearly two months earlier in Salem, Massachusetts, that set the stage for the hostilities.The author has discovered records and newspaper accounts of a British gunpowder raid on Salem. Seeking powder and cannon hidden in the town, a regiment of British Regulars were foiled by quick-witted patriots who carried off the ordnance and then openly taunted the Regulars. The prudence of British commanding officer Alexander Leslie and the persistence of the patriot leaders turned a standoff into a bloodless triumph for the colonists. What might have been a violent confrontation turned into a local victory, and the patriots gloated as news spread of "Leslie's Retreat." When British troops marched on Lexington and Concord on that pivotal day in April, the author explains, each side had drawn diametrically opposed lessons from the Salem raid. It emboldened the rebels to stand fast and infuriated the British, who vowed never again to back down. After relating these battles in detail, the author provides a teachable problem in historic memory by asking why we celebrate Lexington and Concord but not Salem and why New Englanders recalled the events at Salem but then forgot their significance. -- From publisher's website.

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Nov 14, 2013, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Prelude to Revolution: The Salem Gunpowder Raid Of 1775
2013, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Prelude to Revolution: The Salem Gunpowder Raid Of 1775
2013, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English

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Source title: Prelude to Revolution: The Salem Gunpowder Raid of 1775 (Witness to History)

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Library of Congress
BF311.U58 2013, F74.S1 H64 2013

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paperback
Number of pages
168

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OL27581896M
ISBN 10
1421410060
ISBN 13
9781421410067
LCCN
2013004818
OCLC/WorldCat
828193704
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1421410060

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OL20368732W

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