Young Patriots: Inspiring Stories of the American Revolution

Young Patriots: Inspiring Stories of the American Revolution — page 1
FOREWORD Historians now know a great deal about the American Revolutionary era They know about the protests that learned colonists wrote to object to British taxation and other measures They know about the street demonstrations of common people designed not only to object to British policies but also to vent their frustrations at their colonial betters They know about the boycotts of British goods how they were enforced and who obeyed or disobeyed them They know about the politically active patriots those men who met in colonial legislatures and in intercolonial meetings such as the Stamp Act Congress and the Continental Congress and almost everything they said or wrote Historians also know almost everything about fighting the war what the engagements were who fought on each side their fighting techniques their weapons even the casualties they suffered They know how the common soldiers and their officers in each army and the militia dressed ate marched camped how they felt about each other and how orders were transmitted They know these things about the British French and American