Prologue to Revolution: Sources and Documents on the Stamp Act Crisis, 1764-1766UNC Press Books, 2012 M12 1 - 174 páginas This comprehensive documentary source book on the Stamp Act provides a case-study approach to American colonial history and serves as a problems source book on the key event in Anglo-American relations in the 1760s. Morgan has assembled sixty-five crucial documents on all phases of the crisis; on certain acute issues of the controversy nearly all of the relevant materials now extant are included. |
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... bills , England naturally looked to America , where the expenses were incurred . George Grenville in 1763 found that the Ameri- can customs service was not collecting enough in duties even to cover the costs of operation . He ...
... bills , England naturally looked to America , where the expenses were incurred . George Grenville in 1763 found that the Ameri- can customs service was not collecting enough in duties even to cover the costs of operation . He ...
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... Bills for public Aids , suffer not the least Alteration.- And if such an absurd and unequal Con- stitution should be adopted , who , that con- siders the natural Reluctance of Mankind to burthens , and their Inclination to cast them ...
... Bills for public Aids , suffer not the least Alteration.- And if such an absurd and unequal Con- stitution should be adopted , who , that con- siders the natural Reluctance of Mankind to burthens , and their Inclination to cast them ...
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... Bills being prolonged only till we were able to burn up the Quantity from Time to Time emitted.- Our Laws , or the Copies transmitted to the Plantation Office , will evince that of the numerous Emissions we have made since the first ...
... Bills being prolonged only till we were able to burn up the Quantity from Time to Time emitted.- Our Laws , or the Copies transmitted to the Plantation Office , will evince that of the numerous Emissions we have made since the first ...
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Chapter II THE GENESIS OF THE STAMP ACT | 24 |
Chapter III THE ACTION OF THE COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES | 44 |
Chapter IV THE AMERICAN PRESS | 70 |
Chapter V THE BRITISH PRESS | 95 |
Chapter VI THE PATTERN OF REBELLION | 104 |
Chapter VII REPEAL | 127 |
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Prologue to Revolution: Sources and Documents on the Stamp Act Crisis, 1764-1766 Edmund Sears Morgan Vista previa limitada - 1959 |
Prologue to Revolution: Sources and Documents on the Stamp Act Crisis, 1764-1766 Edmund S. Morgan Sin vista previa disponible - 1959 |
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