The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 2, Issue 4, Fall 2013 | Page 3

Contents From the Editorial Team 4 The Impact of Technology on a Virtual Campus 6 Jennifer Souza Railroads and their Effect on American Society, 1840-1890 8 Greg Balliet The Consumers’ League of New Jersey: Major Compaigns and Activism of the Twentieth Century 21 Patricia Chappine A Beloved Headache: Lafayette and his Reputation 37 Joseph J. Cook Samuel Adams: The Grand Incendiary of the Province 62 Rebecca Simmons Graf Mercy Otis Warren, The Historiographical Motivation of an Unlikely Patriot 84 Michelle Wheeler Napoleon: Apex of the Military Revolution 100 Patrick S. Baker Operation AJAX: Roots of a Tree Grown in Distrust 124 Carter Matherly First Empire Unraveled: Why the British Lost the War of American Independence 139 Anne Midgley Book Reviews 154 3