He even uses the word compartmentalization, re the discipline of history re origins, at the end of the book.
There was no calm before the rebellion storm.
The whole Eighteenth Century here was a waste land of political disorder, anarchy, and mayhem. The colonial period was one long political storm, colony by colony.
The usual alleged trigger causes were nothings, Stamp Act, Townshend Duties, Massacre, in the larger scheme of things.
The end of the Seven Years War was really a chance to impose a modicum of order.
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