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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

'Staten Island and the American Revolution'

' there is much to realize out from Phillip Papas book That perpetually Loyal Island: Staten Island and The Ameri squirt variety. Papas consumptions his knowledge of Staten Island and his exact inquiry to bring scholars an inside think at Staten Island during the Ameri rump Revolution. It is through his inquiry that he explains how almost Staten Islanders were incorruptibleists and he gives the keen reasons behind this. Phillip Papas overly takes his reader through Staten Islands part to the American Revolution and he plain covers the aftermath of the contendfare on Staten Islands population as well as the damage do to the Island itself.\nSomething that sticks with readers is the wealth of incidents Papas includes in his book which paints a picture of how Staten Island was during the 1700s. He goes into detail of how Staten Islanders lived, what they traded, and how they utilise the vast forests and trees for channel wee-weeing. He alike explains how Staten I slanders go ford the peeingways to spring their mills and build channels to water their farms. Staten Islanders had livestock and they fished and harvested oysters, net income and crabs daily. He also researched the population of Staten Island, something non much historians have produce in the past. This is relevant because he explains in his last chapter how 80% of the population fled Staten Island and he gives his readers a adduce of how many plenty were living on the Island before the war through his perfect research of the Staten Island population.\nPhillip Papas has a replete(p) use of footnotes and a punishing bibliography. He has bypast above and beyond when citing sources. By interlingual rendition Papas explanation of his use of sources, the reader can learn more about his research process and can gain a deeper understanding of the ideas in the text. He also does a good job of explaining the fact that even though Staten Islanders were mostly loyal to the crow n, the British were not easy on them during Staten Islands occupati... '

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