Download or read book The Revolution War in the Lymes: an Epic Revolt written by Kristian Hurt and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-18 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,406 at the 2010 census In the past, the Revolutionary War in the Lymes started as a rebellion of ideas. From its origins in the Cromwellian Saybrook Colony, Lyme (today's Lyme, Old Lyme, East Lyme, and Salem) prospered under the free hand of self-governance and spurned King George III's efforts to rein in the wayward colonies. In 1765, Reverend Stephen Johnson wrote incendiary missives against the Stamp Act. A few years later, the town hosted its own Tea Party, burning one hundred pounds of British tea near the town green. When the alarm came from Lexington in 1775, Lyme's citizens were among the first to answer. Historians Jim Lampos and Michaelle Pearson explore how local Patriots shaped an epic revolt.