The Stamp Act Crisis : Prologue to Revolution /

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The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. This book identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Morgan, Edmund S. (Edmund Sears), 1916-2013, Morgan, Helen M. (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va. by the University of North Carolina Press [1953]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Great Britain. > Stamp Act (1765)
Stamp Act (Great Britain : 1765)
Loi du timbre > (1765)
War > Causes.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Causes.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • pt. 1. Absolute authority and inalienable right. Prologue ; Francis Bernard, Royal Governor ; The Sugar Act ; John Robinson, Collector of Customs ; The Stamp Act ; Daniel Dulany, Pamphleteer ; Resolution.
  • pt. 2. Road to revolution. Action: Boston sets the pace ; Contagion: Riots and resignations ; Nullification: Ports and courts ; Direction: Sons of Liberty.
  • pt. 3. Patterns of loyalty. Thomas Hutchinson ; Jared Ingersoll ; John Hughes.
  • pt. 4. Revolution delayed. Repeal ; Conclusion ; Epilogue.

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