The Stamp Act Crisis

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Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-03-01
Publisher(s): Omohundro Inst of Early Amer
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Summary

The 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 which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.

Table of Contents

PART ONE Absolute Authority and Inalienable Right
Prologue
3(3)
Royal Governor
6(15)
Francis Bernard
The Sugar Act
21(20)
Collector of Customs
41(13)
John Robinson
The Stamp Act
54(21)
Pamphleteer
75(17)
Daniel Dulany
Resolution
92(33)
PART TWO Road to Revolution
Action: Boston Sets the Pace
125(25)
Contagion: Riots and Resignations
150(15)
Nullification: Ports and Courts
165(22)
Direction: Sons of Liberty
187(30)
PART THREE Patterns of Loyalty
Thomas Hutchinson
217(13)
Jared Ingersoll
230(18)
John Hughes
248(23)
PART FOUR Revolution Delayed
Repeal
271(22)
Conclusion
293(15)
Epilogue
308(7)
Index 315

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