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The Nonviolent History of American Independence
Sun, Riviera
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/29/the-nonviolent-history-of-american-independence/Date Written: 2016-06-29 Publisher: Counterpunch Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19644 Often minimized in our history books, the tactics of nonviolent action played a powerful role in achieving American Independence from British rule. Benjamin Naimark-Rowse wrote, "the lesson we learn of a democracy forged in the crucible of revolutionary war tends to ignore how a decade of nonviolent resistance before the shot-heard-round-the-world shaped the founding of the United States, strengthened our sense of political identity, and laid the foundation of our democracy.' Subject Headings |