The First American Revolution Quotes

“The Revolution of 1774 was a success: all traces of British authority had vanished from Massachusetts, save for the military garrison in Boston.”
― Ray Raphael, The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord

“This formerly prominent citizen, accustomed to riding about in one of the few coaches in rural Massachusetts, had become a refugee.”
― Ray Raphael, The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord

“In the summer of 1774, the focus of the rebellion shifted suddenly from the metropolis to the countryside.”
― Ray Raphael, The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord

“In the smallest town there was at least one individual who could discourse on the British Constitution even if he could not spell.”43”
― Ray Raphael, The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord

“When farmers discussed what to do about pigs in the streets, their words were set to paper by men educated at Harvard.”
― Ray Raphael, The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord

“1774, the people of rural Massachusetts completely and forcibly overthrew the established government and began to set up their own.”
― Ray Raphael, The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord