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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... London on March 18 , 1766 , the day when the act repealing the Stamp Act received the King's signature . Sales were so large that it was pirated by several imitators , and hundreds of copies survive . The version given here was ...
... London on March 18 , 1766 , the day when the act repealing the Stamp Act received the King's signature . Sales were so large that it was pirated by several imitators , and hundreds of copies survive . The version given here was ...
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... London , Connecticut , December 10 , 1765 114 43. New York , January 11 , 1766 115 44. New Brunswick , New Jersey , February 25 , 1766 115 45. Norfolk , Virginia , March 31 , 1766 116 46. North Carolina , February 18 , 1766 117 47 ...
... London , Connecticut , December 10 , 1765 114 43. New York , January 11 , 1766 115 44. New Brunswick , New Jersey , February 25 , 1766 115 45. Norfolk , Virginia , March 31 , 1766 116 46. North Carolina , February 18 , 1766 117 47 ...
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... London Merchants Warn the Colonists to Behave , February 28 , 1766 157 65. An American Reaction : George Mason to the London Merchants , June 6 , 1766 158 INTRODUCTION A NYONE WHO has taught history knows the alarming viii CONTENTS.
... London Merchants Warn the Colonists to Behave , February 28 , 1766 157 65. An American Reaction : George Mason to the London Merchants , June 6 , 1766 158 INTRODUCTION A NYONE WHO has taught history knows the alarming viii CONTENTS.
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... London for relay to the proper British authorities . The New York petition to the House of Commons ( No. 2 ) and the three Virginia petitions to the King , the House of Lords , and the House of Commons ( No. 3 ) have been selected for ...
... London for relay to the proper British authorities . The New York petition to the House of Commons ( No. 2 ) and the three Virginia petitions to the King , the House of Lords , and the House of Commons ( No. 3 ) have been selected for ...
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... ( London , 1765 ) , Whately maintained that the Sugar Act was a beneficial regulation of trade as well as a means of raising revenue . In the concluding passage ( No. 4 ) he considered the question of Parliament's right to raise revenue ...
... ( London , 1765 ) , Whately maintained that the Sugar Act was a beneficial regulation of trade as well as a means of raising revenue . In the concluding passage ( No. 4 ) he considered the question of Parliament's right to raise revenue ...
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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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