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Was the American Revolution a ‘Rich Man’s War but a Poor Man’s Fight?’

July 5, 2021
Guy Chet

Historians have long found it easy to explain the reaction of colonial elites to Britain’s imperial reforms in the Revolutionary era.  This is because scholars could point to the specific ways imperial reforms threatened elite families’ economic interests, commercial enterprises, and political dominance in the colonies.  It is common, therefore, to hear that the American […]

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