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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813983403321

Autore

Lovejoy David S (David Sherman), <1919->

Titolo

The glorious revolution in America : with a new introduction / / David S. Lovejoy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press

Scranton, Pa., : Distributed by Harper & Row, 1987

ISBN

1-283-12847-0

9786613128478

0-8195-7260-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Disciplina

973.2

Soggetti

United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Great Britain History Revolution of 1688 Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction to the Wesleyan Edition; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 "An Affayre of State": Trade and Commerce; 2 "An Affayre of State": Government, Politics, and Religion; 3 The Virginia Charter and Bacon's Rebellion; 4 Virginia Under Culpeper and Effingham; 5 Maryland: Colonists' Rights and Proprietary Power; 6 New York and the Charter of Libertyes; 7 Massachusetts Bay: Purpose and Defiance; 8 Massachusetts Bay: Demise; 9 His Majesty's Real Empire in America; 10 The Dominion of New England: The Bay Colony

11 The Dominion of New England: From the St. Croix to Delaware Bay12 The Glorious Revolution in England; 13 The Glorious Revolution in New England; 14 The Glorious Revolution in New York and Maryland; 15 Sanction and Justification; 16 Resistance and Dissent: The Ghost of Masaniello; 17 Resistance and Dissent: War, Merchants, and Tories; 18 Resettlement I; 19 Resettlement II; Conclusion; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An outstanding examination of the Crises that lead to the colonial rebellions of 1689.