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2 colonists had similar identities – but one felt compelled to remain loyal, the other to rebel

  • Written by Abby Chandler, Associate Professor of History, UMass Lowell
2 colonists had similar identities – but one felt compelled to remain loyal, the other to rebelMartin Howard, left, and Stephen Hopkins came to opposing conclusions about their colonial British identities.Howard: John Singleton Copley via Wikimedia Commons; Hopkins: New York Public Library, CC BY-SA

Through the early 1750s, two men in the British colony of Rhode Island – Martin Howard and Stephen Hopkins – had similar backgrounds...

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