A constitutional culture : New England and the struggle against arbitrary rule in the Restoration empire /

In A Constitutional Culture, Adrian Chastain Weimer uncovers the story of how, more than a hundred years before the American Revolution, colonists pledged their lives and livelihoods to the defense of local political institutions against arbitrary rule.With the return of Charles II to the English th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weimer, Adrian Chastain (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
To 1775
Constitutional history > New England.
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
British colonies.
Constitutional history.
Politics and government.
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England > Politics and government > To 1775.
Great Britain > History > Charles II, 1660-1685.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 17th century.
America.
Great Britain.
New England.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Shadows: The Memory of Regicide
  • Chapter 2. News: Correspondence and Flying Speech
  • Chapter 3. Courts: Articulating Sedition and Loyalty
  • Chapter 4. Churches: Fast Days as Communal Discernment
  • Chapter 5. Frigates: The Arrival of Royal Commissioners
  • Chapter 6. Towns: The Resistance Petitions of 1664-1665
  • Chapter 7. Propositions: The Testing of New England
  • Chapter 8. Boston: The 1665 Negotiations and the Declaration by Trumpet
  • Chapter 9. Borderlands: The Contest over Piscataqua, Maine, and Narragansett
  • Chapter 10. Crown: Paths to Divided Sovereignty and Charles II's Response
  • Chapter 11. Impressions: Constitutional Legacies
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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