The turning point was the Tea Act and the resulting Tea Par… - Bernard Bailyn

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The turning point was the Tea Act and the resulting Tea Party in Boston in December 1773.

Bernard Bailyn

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Bernard Bailyn (September 9, 1922 – 7 August 2020), was an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History. He was a professor at Harvard from 1953 and won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice, in 1968 and 1987.

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The turning point was the Tea Act and the resulting Tea Party in Boston in December 1773. - Bernard Bailyn

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