'Staten Island and the American Revolution'

'There is a great deal to diddle from Phillip Papas word of honor That Ever loyal Island: Staten Island and The American Revolution. Papas uses his acquaintance of Staten Island and his concomitanted enquiry to bring scholars an at heart look at Staten Island during the American Revolution. It is finished his inquiry that he explains how most Staten Islanders were loyalists and he gives the rational reasons empennage this. Phillip Papas besides takes his referee by dint of Staten Islands contribution to the American Revolution and he up to now covers the import of the war on Staten Islands universe as well up as the revile done to the Island itself.\nSomething that sticks with lecturers is the wealth of facts Papas includes in his word of honor which paints a read 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 spacious forests and trees for ship building. He also explains h ow Staten Islanders used the waterways to power their mill well-nigh and build channel to water their farms. Staten Islanders had stemma and they fished and harvested oysters, clams and head daily. He also researched the world of Staten Island, something non many historians suffer published in the past. This is relevant because he explains in his become chapter how 80% of the population fled Staten Island and he gives his readers a reference of how many people were lively on the Island out front the war through his thorough research of the Staten Island population.\nPhillip Papas has a life-threatening use of footnotes and a strong bibliography. He has gone preceding(prenominal) and beyond when citing sources. By reading Papas history of his use of sources, the reader can learn more about his research appendage and can contact a deeper fellow feeling of the ideas in the text. He also does a good prank of explaining the fact that even though Staten Islanders were in general loyal to the crown, the British were not halcyon on them during Staten Islands occupati... '