Almost a century before the Stamp Act of 1775, American colonists were repressed, unfairly taxed, had their charters revoked and were intimidated by Redcoats marching on their streets. In 1689, they fought back and shots were fired against British troops; they didn't win, but it was the beginning of a long revolution that only culminated almost 100 years later in the War for Independence. A new book called "Seeds of Discontent" explores how long and deep tensions were between the colonists and the British crown and how long the revolution in America really was.
- J. Revell Carr, president of the Council of American Maritime Museums and the International Congress of Maritime Museums, former president and director of Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut and author of Seeds of Discontent: Deep Roots of the American Revolution 1650-1750
