The Stamp Act of 1765 - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1554812771 ISBN 13 : 9781554812776

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

When 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 that 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.

This 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 in American history, and the informative headnotes and rich annotations help orient the reader within the historical sources.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Mercantini is Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of History at Kean University, and author of Who Shall Rule at Home: The Evolution of South Carolina Political Culture, 1748-1776, University of South Carolina Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1554812771
• ISBN 13: 9781554812776
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Éditeur: Mercantini Jonathan
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