{"product_id":"defining-america-in-the-radical-1760s-9781476679747","title":"Defining America in the Radical 1760s","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The 1760s were a period of great agitation in the American colonies. The policies implemented by the British resulted in an outcry from the Americans that inaugurated the radical ideas leading to the Revolution in 1775. John Dickinson led the way in the war of ink between America and Britain, which saw over 1,000 pamphlets and essays written both for and against British policy. King George III, the new British monarch, wrote extensively on the role of Britain in the colonial world and sought to find a middle way between the quickly rising feelings on both sides of the debate. This book tells the story of this radical decade as it occurred in writing, drawing from primary sources and rarely seen exchanges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tvi\u003cbr\u003ePreface\t1\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Setting the Stage\t5\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. America: 1760\t11\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Era of the French and Indian War\t31\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Escalation and Victory\t49\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. King George III and the Rise of American Resistance\t69\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Stamp Act and a Congress\t88\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Ink War on the Stamp Act\t103\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. A Farmer Pushes Back\t124\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Dimensions of Taxation\t153\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Ancient Liberties\t173\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. James Wilson, Thomas Jefferson, and the Final Arguments for America\t187\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1. Crevecoeur—What Is an American?\t215\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2. The Language of the Stamp Act\t219\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3. Language from the Repeal of the Stamp Act\t221\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 4.The Language of the Declaratory Act\t222\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 5. Massachusetts Circular Letter to the Colonial Legislatures: February 11, 1768\t224\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 6. James Wilson: From Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British \u003cbr\u003eParliament\t227\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 7. Albany Plan of Union 1754\t230\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 8. William Blackstone: Excerpt from the Introduction to Commentaries on the Laws of England\t233\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\t237\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t249\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t255","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040468107607,"sku":"9781476679747","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476679747.jpg?v=1750946851","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/defining-america-in-the-radical-1760s-9781476679747","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}