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Referenced as 'Gordon Wood, in his short account of the American Revolution' when discussing the Continental Congress and the point at which there was nothing the British could have done. Gordon Wood is identified as providing historical analysis of this period.

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Explicitly mentioned as 'Woody Holton's book, Liberty is Sweet' when discussing the Battle of Lexington and the reluctance of both sides to be the aggressors. Also referenced later regarding Lord Dunmore's Proclamation and its comparison to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

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Mentioned in the context of discussing Roman analogies in British and American thinking: 'It's when Gibbon is writing The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and he definitely is influenced by events in America while he's doing it.'

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Referenced as 'his biography of George III, which came out about, what, a year ago, two years ago' when discussing the point that had George III actually been a tyrant, he would have won the war.