LEADER 02937oam 2200577I 450 001 9910454825503321 005 20170918182017.0 010 $a0-7656-0074-9 010 $a1-315-70605-9 010 $a0-585-19024-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315706054 035 $a(CKB)111004366774898 035 $a(EBL)2025533 035 $a(OCoLC)911048603 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115000 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12017349 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115000 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10125006 035 $a(PQKB)10789388 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2025533 035 $a(OCoLC)909898908 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366774898 100 $a20180706e20151998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish friends of the American Revolution /$fJerome R. Reich 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (190 p.) 300 $aFirst published 1998 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a1-317-47570-4 311 $a0-7656-0073-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""1. The Stage and the Players""; ""2. Governor Pownall, Dean Tucker, and Major John Cartwright: Practical Idealists or Wishful Thinkers?""; ""3. Pitt, Burke, and American Policy, 1763-1770""; ""4. ""Birds of a Feather"": John Wilkes and John Home Tooke""; ""5. The ""Honest Whigs""""; ""6. The Coercive Acts and Their Opponents: A Study in Futility""; ""7. A Dire Prediction""; ""8. The House of Lords""; ""9. Richard Price: Apostle of Liberty"" 327 $a""10. The Single Legal Victim of the American Revolution""""11. Dean Tucker: He Told Them So!""; ""12. Governor Pownall Fights to the Finish""; ""13. David Hartley: Amateur Diplomat""; ""14. Charles James Fox: The Life of the Party""; ""15. ""Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace""""; ""16. Summary and Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $aThis volume profiles a dozen British men and women, who, for varying reasons, opposed the policy of the British government towards its 13 colonies before and during the American Revolution. Their actions helped prepare the way for the recognition of the United States as an independent nation. 606 $aPublic opinion$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xInfluence 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xForeign public opinion, British 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 676 $a973.321 700 $aReich$b Jerome R.$0899104 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454825503321 996 $aBritish friends of the American Revolution$92008760 997 $aUNINA