Betsy Ross Flag - Network Design



 Protocols of Liberty: Communication, Innovation, and teh American Revolution [Book Banner from Title Page Image] Betsy Ross Flag - Network Design
William Warner [Author Name]
The University of Chicago Press [Publisher Name]
Overview [Link]
Introduction [Link]
Chapter 1 [Link]
Chapter 2 [Link]
Chapter 3 [Link]
Chapter 4 [Link]
Chapter 5 [Link]
Chapter 6 [Link]
Conclusion [Link]

Response of the Towns plotted by the date that responses were received by Boston Committee

LINKS: Networking -- the Towns Respond to the Boston Committee -- Linking Virginia & Boston -- Three-fold Letter of May 1774
Response of the Towns plotted by the date that responses were received by Boston Committee
When the town of Boston began systematic political communication with the other towns of Massachusetts in November 1772, Whig leaders had little assurance that the other towns of the province would respond. In fact, Acting Governor Hutchinson was quite sure that the farmers of the province had better things to do than hold meetings and compose replies to Boston's inflammatory pamphlet, The Votes and Proceedings. So the Whigs were highly gratified when first a few, and within two months a large number, of towns composed extensive replies to Boston. This chart shows the number of towns responding each month (the grey line) as well as the aggregate number of towns responding (the black line). After an interval of one year, the Boston Committee of Correspondence had established a epistolary link with a majority of the towns, and nearly all the large towns, of Massachusetts. This development would prove of the greatest importance in confronting the Tea crisis in December, 1773.
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