Philadelphia Tea Party, 213–14, 282n
smuggling of, 117, 197, 198
taxes on, 117, 138, 152, 164, 197–203, 214
tea ship Britannia has cargo dumped in Charleston, 233
tea ship London seized by customs in Charleston, 215–16, 282n
Tea Act of 1773, 197–98, 199, 200
Tea Party movement, 27, 269
Temple, John, 196
Thomson, Charles, 229
Townshend, Charles, 33, 116–20
Townshend Acts, 116–24, 152
American Board of Customs Commissioners established, 118
Charleston, the South, and, 139–40
colonial governors to be paid by revenue tax, 119
colonial response to, 120–22
consequences of, 137–38
duties removed except for tea, 164, 197, 199
Indemnity Act, 117–18
modification of, 138
New York Restraining Act and, 119
nonimportation agreements as response to, 123
Revenue Act, 117
Treaty of Paris, 261, 265
Tryon, William, Governor of New York, 177–78
Unger, Harlow, 46, 130
Upton, L. F. S., 204
U.S. Constitution, 259
Van Schaack, Henry, 1–4
beginning of Sons of Liberty and, 250
destruction of property of, 22
Office of Distributor of Stamps and, 4, 18
as postmaster of Albany, 2
pressure, threats related to
distribution of stamps, 1–4, 19–24, 87
Vice Admiralty Court Act of 1768, 118–19, 127
hostility of colonists toward admiralty courts, 119
Virginia
nonimportation agreements signed by merchants in, 131
population of, 28
as “royal province,” 5
Virginia House of Burgesses
amending of Patrick Henry’s resolutions, 42–43
call for colonial union, 193–94
Committee of Correspondence resurrected (1772), 193
Fairfax Resolves, 223
Patrick Henry resolutions in response to Stamp Act, 38–43
Patrick Henry’s speech, 242–43
problems with Governor Dunmore, 242
proposal to call troops to arms, 242–43
response to Boston Port Act, 222
Stamp Tax protest sent to London, 35
Virginia Provincial Congress, 242
Virginia Resolves, 38–43, 44
reprinting of, Boston, 47
reprinting of, New York City, 67
Vishher, John, 20
Walker, Patrick, 155–56
Wallingford, Connecticut, 92
Walpole, Horace, 120
Walsh, Richard, 15, 140
Wanton, Joseph, Governor of Rhode Island, 179–81
burning of the Gaspée and, 186–88, 191
Ward, Samuel, 45
Warren, Earl, 267
Warren, Joseph, 159, 161, 230, 245, 246
death of, 256
Washington, George, xiv, 28, 260
as commander of Continental Army, 255
embargo on British goods supported, 131
Patrick Henry’s speech and, 242
response to the Justice Act, 223
on retreat of British from Lexington, 255
slavery and, 28, 223
in Virginia House of Burgesses, 38
vote to endorse Suffolk Resolves, 230
Whiskey Rebellion and, 270
Wealth of Nations (Smith), 12
Wedderburn, Alexander, 261
Wells, William, 136, 270
Whately, Thomas, 196–97
Whately, William, 196
Wheatley, Phillis, 155, 279n
Whipple, Abraham, 183
Whiskey Rebellion, 270
White, John, 157
White, Stanford, 1, 272n
Williams, Charles, 90
Winslow, Joshua, 202
Wirt, William, 40, 243
Wood, Gordon S., 26
Woodbridge, New Jersey, 92
Wragg, William, 140
Wright, James, Governor of Georgia, 226
Wright, Robert W., 25–26
Zenger, John Peter, 65
libel trial of, 65, 164
Zobel, Hiller, 155
Zubly, John Joachim, 16
About the Author
LES STANDIFORD is the bestselling author of twenty books, including Bringing Adam Home, the John Deal mystery series, and the works of narrative history The Man Who Invented Christmas (a New York Times Editor’s Choice) and Last Train to Paradise. He is the director of the creative writing program at Florida International University in Miami, where he lives with his wife, Kimberly, a psychotherapist and artist.
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Standiford, Les.
Desperate sons : Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war / Les Standiford.—1st ed.
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1. Revolutionaries—United States—Biography. 2. Revolutionaries—United States—History—18th century. 3. United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783. I. Title.
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