The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord.(Book Review)

From: The Historian | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord. By Ray Raphael. (New York: The New Press, 2002. Pp. 288. $26.95.)

This book provides a straightforward analysis of a much-ignored chapter in the history of the American Revolution: namely, the widespread and popular anti-British protests manifested in rural Massachusetts during the crucial twelve months that preceded the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord. Ray Raphael, an author who has already written several fine history books, including a social analysis of the American Revolution, contends that the armed ...

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