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That Ever Loyal Island: Staten Island and the American Revolution

Phillip Papas

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Description:Of crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain for Phillip Papas's illuminating case study of the local dimensions of the Revolutionary War.Papas traces Staten Island's political sympathies not to strong ties with Britain, but instead to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change. With a thriving agricultural economy, stable political structure, and strong allegiance to the Anglican Church, on the eve of war it was in Staten Island's self-interest to throw its support behind the British, in order to maintain its favorable economic, social, and political climate. Over the course of the conflict, continual occupation and attack by invading armies deeply eroded Staten Island's natural and other resources, and these pressures, combined with general war weariness, created fissures among the residents of 8220;that ever loyal island, 8221; with Loyalist neighbors fighting against Patriot neighbors in a civil war. Papas 8217;s thoughtful study reminds us that the Revolution was both a civil war and a war for independence 8212;a duality that is best viewed from a local perspective.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with That Ever Loyal Island: Staten Island and the American Revolution. To get started finding That Ever Loyal Island: Staten Island and the American Revolution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Of crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain for Phillip Papas's illuminating case study of the local dimensions of the Revolutionary War.Papas traces Staten Island's political sympathies not to strong ties with Britain, but instead to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change. With a thriving agricultural economy, stable political structure, and strong allegiance to the Anglican Church, on the eve of war it was in Staten Island's self-interest to throw its support behind the British, in order to maintain its favorable economic, social, and political climate. Over the course of the conflict, continual occupation and attack by invading armies deeply eroded Staten Island's natural and other resources, and these pressures, combined with general war weariness, created fissures among the residents of 8220;that ever loyal island, 8221; with Loyalist neighbors fighting against Patriot neighbors in a civil war. Papas 8217;s thoughtful study reminds us that the Revolution was both a civil war and a war for independence 8212;a duality that is best viewed from a local perspective.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with That Ever Loyal Island: Staten Island and the American Revolution. To get started finding That Ever Loyal Island: Staten Island and the American Revolution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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