Research Catalog

Title

Preliminaries of the revolution, 1763-1775 / by George Elliott Howard.

Author

Howard, George Elliott, 1849-1928

Publication

New York, [NY] ; London : Harper & Bros., 1905.

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Details

Description

xviii, 359 pages : frontispiece (portrait) 7 maps (3 double); 22 cm.

Series Statement

The American nation: a history ; v. 8

Uniform Title

American nation: a history ; v. 8.

Subject

• 1775-1783
• War > Causes
• Amerikanische Revolution
• Vorgeschichte
• United States > History > Causes. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States
• United States > History > Causes > Revolution, 1775-1783
• USA > Revolution

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Series title also at head of t.-p.

Bibliography (note)

• "Critical essay on authorities": p. 327-345.

Contents

The French War reveals an American people (1763) -- The British Empire under George III (1760-1775) -- The Mercantile Colonial System (1660-1775) -- The first protest of Massachusetts (1761) -- The first protest of Virginia (1758-1763) -- The first act for revenue from the colonies (1763-1764) -- The menace of the Stamp Act (1764-1765) -- America's response to the Stamp act (1765) -- The repeal of the Stamp Act (1766) -- The Townshend Revenue Acts (1766-1767) -- First fruits of the Townshend Acts (1768-1770) -- The Anglican Episcopate and the Revolution (1638-1775) -- Institutional beginnings of the west (1768-1775) -- Royal orders and committees of correspondence (1770-1773) -- The Tea-Party and the coercive acts (1773-1774) -- The First Continental Congress (1774) -- The Appeal to Arms (1774-1775) -- The case of the Loyalists (1763-1775) -- Critical essay on authorities.

LCCN

05026902

OCLC

• ocm00586285
• 586285
• SCSB-260891

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library