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  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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  Credits

  Cover design by Archie Ferguson

  Cover art: Raising the Liberty Pole, 1776, engraved by John C. McRae, 1875 (engraving), after Frederic A. Chapman (1818–91) / Private Collection / Ken Welsh / The Bridgeman Art Library

  Copyright

  DESPERATE SONS. Copyright © 2012 by Les Standiford. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks.

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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.

  p. cm.

  ISBN 978-0-06-189955-3 (hardback)

  1. Revolutionaries—United States—Biography. 2. Revolutionaries—United States—History—18th century. 3. United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783. I. Title.

  E206.S77 2012

  973.3—dc23 2012019551

  Epub Edition © NOVEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780062218124

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