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The Quaker Party's campaign in 1764 to replace Pennsylvania's proprietary government with royal government prefigures, in some ways, the colonies' struggle against George III. This is the key, in James Hutson's analysis, to Pennsylvania politics in the decades before the Revolution. In a lucidly written narrative, he follows the efforts of the Quak



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 3*Chapter I. Troubles with Thomas Penn, pg. 6*Chapter II. The Decision to Request Royal Government, pg. 41*Chapter III. The Campaign for Royal Government, pg. 122*Chapter IV. The Mirage of Royal Government, pg. 178*Conclusion. The Implications of the Royal Government Movement, pg. 244*Index, pg. 259

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 3/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691619835, 978-0691619835
      ISBN10: 0691619832

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Quaker Party's campaign in 1764 to replace Pennsylvania's proprietary government with royal government prefigures, in some ways, the colonies' struggle against George III. This is the key, in James Hutson's analysis, to Pennsylvania politics in the decades before the Revolution. In a lucidly written narrative, he follows the efforts of the Quak



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 3*Chapter I. Troubles with Thomas Penn, pg. 6*Chapter II. The Decision to Request Royal Government, pg. 41*Chapter III. The Campaign for Royal Government, pg. 122*Chapter IV. The Mirage of Royal Government, pg. 178*Conclusion. The Implications of the Royal Government Movement, pg. 244*Index, pg. 259

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