TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spero,Patrick
TI  - Frontier rebels: the fight for independence in the American west, 1765-1776 
SN  - 0393634701
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Croghan, George,
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - United States
KW  - Ottawa Indians
KW  - History
KW  - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Causes
KW  - Pennsylvania
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-258) and index; Preface: the crisis of empire -- Setting the stage -- The mission --The convoy departs -- The attack -- Transformation -- Crisis -- Independence -- The elusive peace -- Disintegration -- Imperial failure -- Revolution -- Epilogue: legacies
N2  - The story of the "Black Boys," a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. Drawing on largely forgotten manuscript sources from archives across North America, Spero recasts the familiar narrative of the American Revolution to reveal how the West played a crucial role in igniting the flame of American independence
ER  -