Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. A Note on Editorial Method xiii
5. Prologue Popular Politics and Mobilizations 1
6. Chapter 1 Outwrote as well as Outvoted The Assembly Election of 1768 11
7. Chapter 2 Too Much Power over Our Common People The Assembly Election of 1769 39
8. Chapter 3 The Minions of Tyranny and Despotism The DeLanceys’ Assembly 61
9. Chapter 4 All the Sons of Liberty The Rise of Alexander McDougall 89
10. Chapter 5 Liberty and No Importation Popular Politics and Associationism 115
11. Chapter 6 The Mob Begin to Think and Reason Tea and Popular Mobilizations 141
12. Chapter 7 Unite or Die Congresses, Clubs, and Conventions 167
13. Chapter 8 The Din of War Revolutionaries and Loyalists 191
14. Epilogue Loyalist Americans beyond the Revolution 217
15. Appendix Identifying the Loyalists 225
16. Notes 235
17. Index 289