Download or read book Massachusetts and Maine in the American Revolution written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maine Communities and the War for Independence written by Edwin A. Churchill and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To Hazard Our Own Security written by Michael Cecere and published by . This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine's role in the American Revolution has traditionally been obscured by the fact that it was part of Massachusetts during the conflict and did not become a state in its own right until 1820. Thousands of men from what is now Maine served in the Revolutionary War, but they did so alongside men from Massachusetts and in units identified as Massachusetts regiments. Together these men fought in nearly every key engagement of the war, including: the siege of Boston, invasion of Canada, and defense of New York in 1775-76, and the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Hubbardton, Saratoga, Monmouth, Rhode Island, Newtown, Stony Point, and finally, Yorktown. Although much of Maine's contribution to the Revolutionary War occurred outside its borders, significant events like the seizure of the Margaretta in Machias, and the British destruction of Falmouth (Portland), brought the war home to Maine. Benedict Arnold's epic 1775 march to Quebec and the ill fated Penobscot expedition of 1779 were also significant events that occurred in Maine. The service and sacrifice of Maine's Revolutionary patriots has been overlooked for far too long and is the focus of this book.
Download or read book Revolution Downeast written by James S. Leamon and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late eighteenth century, the area that would become the state of Maine was still part of Massachusetts - a colony of a colony within the sprawling British empire. This first comprehensive account of the Revolution "downeast" is the story of a people initially too preoccupied with day-to-day survival to pay much attention to the rising temper of imperial controversy. When war did erupt, many Maine colonists hoped that their geographical isolation and the presence of Native tribes - many of whom were longstanding British foes - would protect them from royal forces in nearby Nova Scotia. But this was not to be. Soon enemy privateers plundered the region's coastal settlements and shipping, and in 1779 the British established a base at the mouth of the Penobscot River. Heartened by the British presence, local loyalists sprang into action and transformed a revolution into a bitter civil war. For Maine, as for many other areas of the rebelling colonies, the struggle with England proved to be a divisive ordeal that heightened prewar social, economic, and political differences and created new ones. James S. Leamon notes that Maine's revolutionary experience can best be understood in the context of other conflicted regions - Georgia, Long Island, Maryland's Delmarva Peninsula, and the Carolina backcountry - where disrupted economies, British incursions, guerrilla warfare, and shifting loyalties defined the Revolution.
Download or read book The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution written by James Henry Stark and published by Boston : W.B. Clarke. This book was released on 1907 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Maine at Valley Forge written by Sons of the American Revolution. Maine Society and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Massachusetts in the American Revolution written by Ainsworth Rand Spofford and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Massachusetts in the American Revolution written by Ainsworth Rand Spofford and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed account of Massachusetts' role in the American Revolution offers a comprehensive look at the political, social, and military factors at play during this tumultuous period. Readers will gain insight into key events such as the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, as well as the lesser-known contributions of everyday citizens. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Last Tragedy of the Indian Wars written by Albert Russell Savage and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relating to a plan considered by the British government during the American revolution, of severing the eastern part of Maine from Massachusetts and making it a separate province.
Download or read book The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution written by James H. Stark and published by . This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loyalists, the American colonists who remained loyal to the British Empire during the American Revolutionary War, have long suffered under the pervasive belief that the American Revolution was due solely to the oppression and tyranny of the British, and that George Washington, Franklin, Adams, Hancock, and the host of other Revolutionary patriots, possessed all the admirable qualities ever exhibited by men in their respective spheres, and that the Tories or Loyalists, such as Hutchinson, the Olivers, Saltonstalls, Winslows, Quincys and others, were to be detested and their memory execrated for their abominable and unpatriotic actions. This near universal view led the author to inquire and to examine whether there might not be two sides to the controversy which led to the Revolutionary War. This volume represents his conclusions for the Loyalists in Massachusetts. The book, basically, contains two parts. The first part of the book describes the causes of the American Revolution, treatment of Massachusetts' Loyalists and confiscation of their property, their emigration to Canada, and much more. Part II contains "Biographical Sketches of the Loyalists of Massachusetts," including family histories for many, and their lives following the War. This volume is profusely illustrated with more than 50 engravings, paintings, and drawings and, at the collusion of the book, two Indices: (1) An Index of names; including the names of identified Loyalists whose biography does not appear in this work; and (2), an Index of Subjects.
Download or read book Hidden History of Maine written by Harry Gratwick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover 400 years of New England history you won’t find in guidebooks in this collection of true stories and colorful characters from The Pine Tree State. Maine wouldn’t be the magical place it is today without the contributions of little-known individuals whose inspiring and adventuresome lives make up the story of Maine's "hidden history." Journalist and Maine historian Harry Gratwick presents vividly detailed portraits of these Mainers, from the controversial missionary Sebastien Rale to Woolwich native William Phips, whose seafaring attacks against French Canada earned him the first governorship of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Gratwick also profiles inventors such as Robert Benjamin Lewis, an African American from Gardiner who patented a hair growth product in the 1830s, and Margaret Knight, a York native who defied nineteenth-century sexism to earn the nickname "the female Edison." From soprano Lillian Nordica, who left Farmington to become the most glamorous American opera singer of her day, to slugger George "Piano Legs" Gore, the only Mainer to ever win a Major League Baseball batting championship, Hidden History of Maine reveals the men and women who made history without making it into history books.
Download or read book Maine in War Organization and Officers of the Society what the Society Has Accomplished Constitution of the Society Roll of Members Officers of National Society Constitution of the National Society written by Sons of the American Revolution. Maine Society and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Soldiers and Sailors of the Plantation of Lower St Georges Maine Who Served in the War for American Independence written by Frank Burton Miller and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2014 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of the American Revolution, the Province of Maine was still part of Massachusetts, and the future towns of Cushing and St. George were confined within the so-called Plantation of Lower St. Georges. While Maine was not yet prepared to take its place as the twenty-third state of the Union in 1776, the residents of Lower St. Georges were more than ready to fight for the cause of American independence. This fact is attested to in this diminutive volume, which is composed of an alphabetically arranged series of essays of the roughly 100 soldiers and sailors from Cushing and St. George who fought on the Patriot side of the conflict. The contents range from brief sketches to extensive biographical pedigrees of the combatants.
Download or read book Soldiers of the American Revolution of Lebanon Maine written by George Walter Chamberlain and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
