{"product_id":"the-spirit-of-74-how-the-american-revolution-began-9781620971260","title":"The Spirit of 74: How the American Revolution Began","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow ordinary people went from resistance to revolution: \" A] concise, lively narrative . . . the authors expertly build tension.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Americans know about 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of '74\u003c\/i\u003e fills in this gap in our nation's founding narrative, showing how in these mislaid months, step by step, real people made a revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the Tea Party, Parliament not only shut down a port but also revoked the sacred Massachusetts charter. Completely disenfranchised, citizens rose up as a body and cast off British rule everywhere except 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 protect the revolution they had already made. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of '74\u003c\/i\u003e places our founding moment in a rich new historical context, both changing and deepening its meaning for all Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRay Raphael's seventeen books include \"A People's History of the American Revolution,\" \"The First American Revolution,\" \"Founders,\" \"Constitutional Myths,\" and \"Founding Myths.\" He is a senior research fellow at Humboldt State University. Marie Raphael, author of two historical novels, has taught literature and writing at Boston University, College of the Redwoods, and Humboldt State University. They live in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650578911506,"sku":"9781620971260","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f72cc787-1e85-43bb-9b10-4b5ab6f90d42.jpg?v=1733294115","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-spirit-of-74-how-the-american-revolution-began-9781620971260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}