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...time had come. In the 15 months since Lexington and Concord, the colonial psychology has changed profoundly. Radicals like Boston's Samuel Adams and other revolutionary leaders played a canny waiting game, delaying the call for outright independence until popular sentiment clearly swung away from King George and reconciliation. The radicals declared until nearly the last moment that the Colonists wanted only their rights within the British Empire, thus denying the Tories the chance to brand them as extremists who were misleading the people. Counseled Sam Adams: "Wait till the fruit is ripe before we gather...
April 18-19. British send force of 700 regulars out from Boston to seize arms cache in Concord. Clash with Minutemen on Lexington Green, then are turned back at Concord's North Bridge. Estimated casualties: American, 95; British...
Medenica began the weekend early Friday afternoon, retrieving his racer from its garage in Concord and then towing it along on the four-hour trek to Lime Rock. The next step was a few hours of sleep before rising at 6 a.m. Saturday to beat the crowd to the registration line...
...rate in the Revolutionary period are obvious. For one thing, cities, the breeding grounds of crime, were quite small. In 1760, Philadelphia, the largest city in the colonies, had a population of only 23,000; Boston had only 16,000 inhabitants, making it equivalent in size to present-day Concord. Furthermore, many of the young men, who inevitably cause a disproportionate amount of mischief, were off fighting with George Washington...
...Radcliffe J.V. vs. Concord Academy at Soldiers Field