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Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Left to do pretty much as they pleased, the colonies had been free to pursue economic growth unhindered by the onerous taxes paid by most British subjects. But by the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 -- a war fought, in large part, on the conlonies' behalf that had saddled Great Britain with a dept of about $22.4 billion in today's U.S. currency -- the ministry determined that it was time the colonies began to help pay for their imperial support... Rather than propose a means of raising revenue that they deemed fair, the colonials were more than happy to direct their considerable energies toward opposing whatever plan the British ministry put forward. -- pg 6 -- This made me laugh and try to find information about the politics of Philbrick. Is he making a comparison of tea partiers from today vs. their colonial counterparts?
The Bostonians had objected to paying a tax on British tea, but they were more than willing to fund an expensive public works project if it helped the town get through the crisis... John Andrews complained that while the poor had the town to relieve them and the rich had their savings and rents, small merchants such as himself had nothing. "[The] burden falls heaviest , if not entirely, upon the middle people among us," he wrote. And yet, despite all these anxieties, Andrews was amazed by how well his fellow citizens were holding up." [There is] ease, contentment, and perfect composure in the countenance of almost every person you meet in the streets," he marveled, which "much perplexes the governor and others." 52
"Our three generals [Howe, Clinton and Burgoyne} came over in high spirits and expected rather to punish a mob than fight with troops that would look them in the face; there is an air of dejection through all our superiors which forebodes no good, and does not look as things ought to after a victory." Before Lieutenant Colonel James Abercrombie died of the wounds he received on Breed's Hill, he delivered a deathbed speech of sorts, " My friends," he was reputed to have said, "we have fought in a bad cause, and therefore I have my reward." 234
The Bostonians had objected to paying a tax on British tea, but they were more than willing to fund an expensive public works project if it helped the town get through the crisis... John Andrews complained that while the poor had the town to relieve them and the rich had their savings and rents, small merchants such as himself had nothing. "[The] burden falls heaviest , if not entirely, upon the middle people among us," he wrote. And yet, despite all these anxieties, Andrews was amazed by how well his fellow citizens were holding up." [There is] ease, contentment, and perfect composure in the countenance of almost every person you meet in the streets," he marveled, which "much perplexes the governor and others." 52
"Our three generals [Howe, Clinton and Burgoyne} came over in high spirits and expected rather to punish a mob than fight with troops that would look them in the face; there is an air of dejection through all our superiors which forebodes no good, and does not look as things ought to after a victory." Before Lieutenant Colonel James Abercrombie died of the wounds he received on Breed's Hill, he delivered a deathbed speech of sorts, " My friends," he was reputed to have said, "we have fought in a bad cause, and therefore I have my reward." 234