{"product_id":"the-stamp-act-crisis-a-history-in-documents-9781554812776","title":"The Stamp Act Crisis: A History in Documents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Parliament sought to raise funds through the passing of the Stamp Act in 1765 they did not anticipate the protests and staunch opposition to the new law which would ensue in the colonies. Though the crisis was eventually resolved, the larger questions raised by Parliament’s action and colonial resistance remained unanswered. What started as a debate over taxation would end in a struggle for independence. The Stamp Act Crisis, 1765-1766, marks the transition in United States history from the Colonial Era to the Era of the American Revolution. The full narrative of the Stamp Act includes political, social, economic, and cultural histories on both sides of the Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume provides the reader with the opportunity to engage with the pamphlets, letters, speeches, legal documents, and other texts and images that people in the colonies and in London were themselves reading, debating, and reacting to at the time. The introduction incorporates recent scholarship and provides a fresh look at this key moment of American history, and the informative headnotes and rich annotations help orient the reader within the historical sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This sharp and concise volume is a vivid resource for students hoping to understand the crisis that roiled the British Empire in 1764–1766 and inspired American arguments on behalf of their own rights. Students can analyze laws, speeches, essays, descriptions of crowd protests, tavern toasts, and a sermon. The volume even offers material objects, political cartoons, and other visual images for students to discuss. The accompanying text provides sure-handed guidance for thinking about the language, ideas, and actions that animated this important political moment in American history.” — Benjamin L. Carp, Brooklyn College, CUNY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jonathan Mercantini has provided a valuable resource for all of us who teach the American Revolution. The writing prompts and discussion questions at the end of each section make \u003cem\u003eThe Stamp of 1765\u003c\/em\u003e unique when compared to similar edited collections on the period. I am already thinking about the best way to use this text in my classroom.” — John Fea, Messiah College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Parliamentary Authority and its Limits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevenue Act of 1764\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarth to SC Committee of Correspondence, April 1764\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New York Petition to the House of Commons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Passage of the Stamp Act\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirtual Representation: Whately, 1765\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeech of Isaac Barre, Parliament, February 1765\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStamp Act 1765\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage: Deplorable State of America or S(cotc)h Government Cartoon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirginia Resolves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStamp Act Congress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Stamp Act: Resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrancis Bernard to Board Of Trade, August 15, 1765\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttack on Lt. Governor Thomas Hutchinson’s Home, Hutchinson to Richard Jackson, August 30, 1765\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage: Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, October 31, 1765\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage: No Stamp Act Teapot (Colonial Williamsburg Collection) Smithsonian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Carolina Gazette and Country Journal, December 17, 1765\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Wright to Board of Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV: Stamp Act: Repeal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamination of Franklin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePitt Speech in favor of Repeal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepeal of the Stamp Act Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeclaratory Act\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage: “The Repeal, or The Adoration of Wise Men of the West”, April 22, 1766\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaurens on Repeal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn J. Zubly Sermon, The Stamp-Act repealed. A sermon, preached in the meeting at Savannah in Georgia, June 25th, 1766.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatriotic Toasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041312047447,"sku":"9781554812776","price":25.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781554812776.jpg?v=1750949765","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-stamp-act-crisis-a-history-in-documents-9781554812776","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}