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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463809203321

Autore

Holton Woody

Titolo

Forced Founders [[electronic resource] ] : Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : The University of North Carolina Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4696-0370-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

973.311

Soggetti

Gentry - History - 18th century - Virginia

Social classes - History - 18th century - Virginia

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

United States - General

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. GRIEVANCES, 1763-1774; 1 Land Speculators versus Indians and the Privy Council; 2 Tobacco Growers versus Merchants and Parliament; PART II. BOYCOTTS, 1769-1774; 3 Nonimportation; 4 Nonexportation; PART III. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, 1775-1776; 5 Free Virginians versus Slaves and Governor Dunmore; 6 Gentlemen versus Farmers; PART IV. INDEPENDENCE, 1776; 7 Spirit of the People; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y