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As If an Enemy’s Country PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY Series Editors David Hackett Fischer James M. McPherson James T. Patterson Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy Maury Klein Rainbow’s End: The Crash of 1929 James M. McPherson Crossroads of Freedom: The Battle of Antietam Glenn C. Altschuler All Shook Up: How Rock ’n’ Roll Changed America David Hackett Fischer Washington’s Crossing John Ferling Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 Joel H. Silbey Storm over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War Raymond Arsenault Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice Colin G. Calloway The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America Richard Labunski James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights Sally McMillen Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement Howard Jones The Bay of Pigs Elliott West The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story Lynn Hudson Parsons The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828 Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin The GI Bill: A New Deal for Veterans As If an enemy’s Country The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution RICHARD ARCHER 2010 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offi ces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2010 by Richard Archer Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Archer, Richard, 1941– As if an enemy’s country : the British occupation of Boston and the origins of revolution / Richard Archer. p. cm. — (Pivotal moments in American history) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN978-0-19-538247-1 1. United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Causes. 2. Boston (Mass.)—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. I. Title. E210.A73 2010 973.3—dc22 2009039919 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Julie Mayo, Steve Archer, and Steve Mayo This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations, ix Editor’s Note, xi Introduction: A Garrisoned Town, xiii Chapter1: Grenville’s Innovation, 1 Chapter2: On the Brink, 20 Chapter3: Power and the Opposition, 39 Chapter4: An Accommodation of Sorts, 48 Chapter5: The Townshend Blunder, 65 Chapter6: A Momentous Decision, 82 Chapter7: Camping on the Common, 104 Chapter8: Occupation, 123 Chapter9: The Merchants and John Mein, 144 Chapter10: Prelude to a Tragedy, 166 Chapter11: The Massacre on King Street, 182 Chapter12: Aftermath, 207 Conclusion: A Revolutionary Legacy, 226 Acknowledgments,231 Notes,233 Works Cited, 265 Index,275 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Map of Boston, 1769 xv A South East View of the Great Town of Boston in New England in America xvii The Right Honourable George Grenville, fi rst Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty 2 Thomas Hutchinson 12 The Hon. James Otis, jun. Esq 13 A View of the Year 1765 25 Sir Francis Bernard 29 Samuel Adams 41 Boston Affairs 46 A View of the Obelisk Erected under Liberty-tree on the Rejoicings for the Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766 51 Town House as of 1785 56 The Right Honble. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 66 The Right Honble. Charles Townshend Esq., late Chancellor of the Exchequer 67 John Hancock 84 General Sir Thomas Gage 93 The Town of Boston in New England and British Ships of War Landing Their Troops! 1768 105 A Prospective View of Part of the Common 112 Castle William 125
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