Peyton Randolph and revolutionary Virginia /

"In 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, King George III's government devised a secret policy to reduce the American colonies to "due subordinance" and exploit them. This policy brought on the American Revolution. In Virginia, the largest colony in size, population and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Randolph, Robert M., 1936- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Temas:
Randolph, Peyton, > 1721-1775.
United States. > Continental Congress > Biography.
United States. > Continental Congress.
1775-1783
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Legislators.
Politics and government.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.
Virginie > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783.
United States.
Virginia.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Painting with a Broad Brush
  • Peyton Randolph's Family and Early Career
  • Speculation in Western Lands
  • The Attorney-General Chooses Between Loyalties
  • The First Committee of Correspondence
  • The Leading Lawyers of Virginia
  • Britain's Post-War Policy Toward the Colonies
  • The Proclamation of 1763
  • Britain's Secret Policy
  • The Hovering Act of 1763
  • The Currency Act of 1764
  • The Sugar Act of 1764
  • The American Act of 1764
  • The Stamp Act
  • July 1764: Protest by Committee of Correspondence
  • October 30, 1764: Petitions by General Assembly
  • Terms and Passage of the Stamp Act
  • May 1765 Session: Patrick Henry's Resolutions
  • Resistance and Repeal
  • The Declaratory Act: 1766
  • Richard Bland's Pamphlet
  • The Death of Speaker Robinson and Randolph's Election as Speaker: 1766
  • The Speaker Changes Course
  • Governor Botetourt Opens the General Assembly:
  • May 8, 1769
  • The Townshend Acts: 1767
  • John Dickinson's Letters from "A Farmer"
  • General Assembly, March 31, 1768: Protest and Petitions
  • Transportation and Extra-Constitutional Convention in Massachusetts
  • Arrival of Governor Botetourt
  • The King's Speech from the Throne: November 8, 1768
  • The British Context-John Wilkes
  • General Assembly, May 8, 1769: Defiance and Dissolution
  • Formation of the Association: May 17, 1769
  • A Change in Virginia's Political Climate
  • Randolph's First Trip North
  • The Non-Importation Association and Partial Repeal
  • of the Townshend Act
  • Second Non-Importation Agreement: June 22, 1770
  • From the Townshend Acts to the Gaspee Incident, 1768-1772
  • The End of the Golden Age
  • Attempted Revival of Western Land Speculation
  • Actions by the Crown in America and Britain: 1769-1772
  • The Gaspee Incident and Virginia's New Committee
  • of Correspondence: March 12, 1773
  • The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773
  • The Intolerable Acts
  • The May 5, 1774, General Assembly: A Day of Fasting and Prayer, Dissolution and Response
  • Dissolution and the Call for Convention
  • The August 1, 1774, Convention
  • Lord Dunmore's War
  • The First Continental Congress, September 5, 1774
  • Peyton Randolph's Role
  • The Organization of Resistance and Coercion, September 1774-March 1775
  • The Second Convention, March 20, 1775: Virginia Is Placed in a "Posture of Defense" by Three Votes
  • Dunmore's Response: Land Titles and Gunpowder
  • The Second Continental Congress, May 10, 1775
  • The Last General Assembly, June 1, 1775
  • The Third Convention, Richmond, July 17, 1775
  • Randolph's Policy Triumphs and Pendleton Leads Virginia into the Revolution
  • The Second Continental Congress, September 6, 1775, and the Death of Peyton Randolph.

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