Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181) and index.
Contents
Editor's preface -- Author's preface -- Chapter 1 Puritan beginnings -- Chapter 2 Harvard and home -- Chapter 3 Rumblings -- Chapter 4 The Battle begins -- Chapter 5 Sons of liberty -- Chapter 6 Townshend and troops -- Chapter 7 Boston under siege -- Chapter 8 Massacre -- Chapter 9 Tea and tolerables -- Chapter 10 The First Continental Congress -- Chapter 11 Independence -- Chapter 12 The New Republic -- Bibliography -- Index.