Michael Burgan has written numerous books for children and young adults during his nearly 20 years as a freelance writer. Many of his books have focused on U.S. history, geography, and the lives of world leaders. Michael has won several awards for his writing. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his cat, Callie.
Patriot Perspective
1: Old South Meeting House. 20 April 2012.
www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org/osmh_123456789files/BostonTeaPartyBegan.aspx#december161773
2: Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris, eds. The Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants. New York: Da Capo Press, 1995, p. 81.
3: Ibid., p. 129.
4: Ibid., p. 314.
5: Ibid., p. 595.
6: Ibid., p. 642.
7: South Carolina Loyalists in the American Revolution. 20 April 2012.
www.clemson.edu/caah/cedp/cudp/pubs/lambert/lambert.pdf 141
8: Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants, p. 1122.
9: African American Lives. 20 April 2012.
www.wps.ablongman.com/long_carson_aal_1/27/6981/1787151.cw/index.html
10: Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participant, p. 1241.
11: Robert Middlekauf. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution 1763–1789. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982, p. 596.
British Perspective:
1: History Today—The Coronation of George III. 20 April 2012.
www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/coronation-george-iii
2: Digital History. 20 April 2012.
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=247
3: Thomas J Fleming. Liberty!: The American Revolution. New York: Viking, 1997, pages 50–51.
4: Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants, p. 71.
5: Ibid., p. 97.
6: Massachusetts Historical Society. 20 April 2012.
www.masshist.org/bh/wallerp2text.html.
7: Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants, p. 524.
8: Christopher Hibbert. Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes. New York: Norton, 1990, p. 201–202.
9: Stanley Weintraub. Iron Tears: America’s Battle for Freedom, Britain’s Quagmire: 1775–1783. New York: Free Press, 2005, p. 304.