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发帖数: 6973 | 1 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
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发帖数: 6973 | 2 (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
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