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You both have much to do in teaching your men proper discipline. >> yes, your excellency. >> see to it, then. general putnam, a word, if you will. >> yes, your excellency. >> tell me, general putnam, what of our provisions and supplies? >> there's not much in the way of uniforms or blankets. >> and what of our powder supply? >> less than 1/2 a pound per man. >> good god. keep your voice low. half a pound per man? this army wouldn't last five minutes if gage launches an attack. i am truly sensible of the high honor done to me in this appointment. yet i feel great distress

>> two yards here, quite nice. >> mr. hancock. >> samuel. >> john hancock is the richest man in boston. he's inherited a very successful merchant house from his uncle. >> he had a tremendous amount of cash. and that was key for sam adams, who was always broke. >> john, i'm looking for something special, perhaps something beyond his majesty's reach. >> i have just the thing for you, mr. adams. >> a lot of merchants made a lot of money by avoiding the taxation. and john hancock was a major culprit in this. >> from my private reserve. i only ask that you put it to good use. >> we'll use it to cel...

The beginning, advocating decisive action. it seems like he's always proven right. so, the question becomes when is it time to take the kind of action that he's really calling for? so, sam adams' idea to protest the taxes is to get all of the colonies together to join in on a boycott against english merchants. >> the artful and insidious cabinet of britain have, in a lust for domination, adopted the absurd idea of subjugating america by throwing in upon us a flood of their manufactures. >> the sons of liberty proclaims that no british good will be sold. not everybody adheres to that boycott. s...