A fact from Resistance, Politics, and the American Struggle for Independence, 1765–1775 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 July 2012 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Gene Sharp's book on the American Struggle for Independence supports President Adams' claim that the revolution was "substantially effected before hostilities commenced"? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/July.

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This article has been nominated to appear in the "Did You Know" section of the main page. Currently it awaits a review, which any Wikipedia editor can do HERE. The discussion so far appears below. -- Presearch ( talk) 18:32, 4 July 2012 (UTC) reply

FYI: I have altered the ordering of the quotes in the reception section so that the article prose now ends with the fairly impartial and emotionally neutral quote calling for more research (from the the review in Journal of Southern History). -- Presearch ( talk) 17:04, 9 July 2012 (UTC) reply