Origin of the American Revolution, 1759-1766 /

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

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Main Author: Knollenberg, Bernhard, 1892-1973
Other Authors: Sheehan, Bernard W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, ©2002, ©1961.
Subjects:
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
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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