The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to RevolutionThe Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. The Stamp Act Crisis, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in |
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User Review - JBD1 - LibraryThingAn excellent, and very readable account of the years surrounding the Stamp Act. Offers both American and British perspectives, and profiles of some of the lesser-known characters in the events. Read full review
Contents
Absolute Authority and Inalienable Right | 1 |
Prologue | 3 |
Francis Bernard Royal Governor | 6 |
The Sugar Act | 21 |
John Robinson Collector of Customs | 41 |
The Stamp Act | 54 |
Daniel Dulany Pamphleteer | 75 |
Resolution | 92 |
Direction Sons of Liberty | 187 |
Patterns of Loyalty | 215 |
Thomas Hutchinson | 217 |
Jared Ingersoll | 230 |
John Hughes | 248 |
Revolution Delayed | 269 |
Repeal | 271 |
Conclusion | 293 |
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| Title | The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution Institute of Early American History and Culture Series Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia Series |
| Contributors | Edmund Sears Morgan, Helen M. Morgan, Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.) |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | UNC Press Books, 1953 |
| ISBN | 0807845132, 9780807845134 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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