Bibliograph

Origin of the American Revolution, 1759-1766, Bernhard Knollenberg ; edited and with a foreword by Bernard W. Sheehan

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Origin of the American Revolution, 1759-1766, Bernhard Knollenberg ; edited and with a foreword by Bernard W. Sheehan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-349) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Origin of the American Revolution, 1759-1766

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49260859

Responsibility statement

Bernhard Knollenberg ; edited and with a foreword by Bernard W. Sheehan

Table Of Contents

British politics and colonial policy : 1759-1765 -- Royal instructions and the threat to home rule in the royal colonies -- The Twopenny Act dispute in Virginia -- Irritants in other royal colonies -- The disturbing activities of Archbishop Secker -- The British Army in America and the decision to tax the colonies -- The Proclamation of 1763 and limitation of westward expansion -- Amherst and the Indian uprising of 1763 -- Failure of the British Army -- Enforcement of the White Pine Acts -- Enforcement of the Sugar Act of 1733 -- Parliament taxes the colonies for revenue -- The English constitution and colonial taxation -- British restrictions on colonial trade and manufacturing -- New restrictions on colonial trade and currency -- Individual protests -- Legislative protests : Massachusetts and Connecticut -- Legislative protests : the middle colonies -- Legislative protests : the Carolinas, Virginia, and Rhode Island -- The protests fail : the Stamp Act is passed -- Colonial nullification of the Stamp Act

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