American Revolution

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Alan Pell Crawford, A Revolution From Below; The break-away from Britain had
less to do with high ideals than with the passions of the common people.
Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703957904575252780078815668.html

Note:
(1) call on (v): "make a demand on"
(2) Articles of association
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_association
(The articles of association of a company are "the regulations governing the
relationships between the shareholders and directors of the company")
(3) shew archaic var. of SHOW
(4) Warren Harding (1865-1923) was US president serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack in 1923. A Republican from Ohio.
(5) ipso facto (n, Latin): "by the fact or act itself  <does one, ipso facto, become a censor when he warns against such censorship--H.C. Gardiner>"
(6) Sons of Liberty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty
(7) disquisition (n): "a formal or systemic inquiry into or discussion of a subject: an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion"

(8) The article refers to Boston as "America's third largest city" in 1774.

Yes and no.

(a) A few years before the start of American Revolution, Boston was the third largest city by population. Philadelphia is the largest and New York City was the second.
(b) Here is the official record from Boston Municipal Register.

Boston Population Statistics.
http://www.bpl.org/research/govdocs/bospop.pdf

In 1752 and 1765 Boston had 15,731 and 15,520 residents, respectively. However, Siege of Boston
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Boston
caused population to plunge to 6,573 and 2,719 in 1775 and 1776,
respectively.

See also
Jacqueline Barbara Carr, After the Siege: A Social History of Boston, 1775–1800. Northeastern University Press, 2004.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_early_republic/v025/25.4leamon.html

(9) Suffolk Resolves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_Resolves
("a declaration made on September 9, 1774 by the leaders of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, of which Boston is the major city")
(10) overwrought (adj, past part. of overwork): "elaborate to excess: OVERDONE"

All definitions are from Webster (3rd ed, 1961).
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(8) The article refers to Boston as "America's third largest city" in 1774.

Yes and no.

(a) A few years before the start of American Revolution, Boston was the
third largest city by population. Philadelphia is the largest and New York
City was the second.
(b) Here is the official record from Boston Municipal Register.

Boston Population Statistics.
http://www.bpl.org/research/govdocs/bospop.pdf

In 1752 and 1765 Boston had 15,731 and 15,520 residents, respectively.
However, Siege of Boston
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Boston
caused population to plunge to 6,573 and 2,719 in 1775 and 1776,
respectively.

See also
Jacqueline Barbara Carr, After the Siege: A Social History of Boston, 1775–
1800. Northeastern University Press, 2004.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_early_republic/v025/25.4leamon.html

【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: Alan Pell Crawford, A Revolution From Below; The break-away from Britain had
: less to do with high ideals than with the passions of the common people.
: Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2010.
: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703957904575252780078815668.html
: (以下引言省略...)

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