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As if an Enemy’s Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution.
By Richard Archer
E 210 A73 2010

Focusing on the events leading up to the occupation of Boston by British troops and the Boston Massacre, professor of history emeritus, Richard Archer examines the causes of the American Revolution. Threats and clashes between government representatives, British troops, and Bostonians over the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townsend Act, and the occupation of Boston mounted, enviably causing the Boston Massacre and forever changing the city socially, economically, and politically. Along with similar feelings and transformations in other colonies and the uncompromising representatives on both sides of the Atlantic, the increasing tension eventually led to the colonists’ declaration for independence.

Although the author assumes the reader has basic knowledge of the era, he gives a concise and very thorough illustration of both sides of the events that occurred. Anyone interested in a detailed account of Boston’s participation in the American Revolution’s roots will find Archer’s work fascinating and informative.
Reviewed by Laura Yee, Library Intern, Southwestern College.

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