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Copies of Letters 11 to 13 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in July 1768, Including a Petition from the Council
Author: Copy of Letter 10 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in July 1768
Author: Journals of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
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Journals of the House of Commons
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Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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Copy of Letter 35 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in December 1768, Regarding a Petition from the Council
Author: Journals of the House of Lords
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Languages : en
Pages : 610
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
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In a Rebellious Spirit
Author: John P. ReidPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271072938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 173
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A fresh view of the legal arguments leading to the American Revolution, this book argues that rebellious acts called "lawless" mob action by British authorities were sanctioned by "whig law" in the eyes of the colonists. Professor Reid also holds that leading historians have been misled by taking both sides' forensic statements at face value. The focus is on three events. First was the Malcom Affair (1766), when a Boston merchant and his friends faced down a sheriff's party seeking smuggled goods, arguing that the search warrant was invalid. Second was a parade in Boston to celebrate the second anniversary (1768) of the repeal of the Stamp Act—an occasion when some revenue officials were hanged in effigy. Third was the Liberty "riot" (1768), when customs officers boarded John Hancock's ship and were carried off by a crowd including the aforementioned Malcom. Legal inquires into the three events were marked by hyperbole on both sides. Whigs depicted Crown officials as lawless trespassers serving a foreign tyrant. Tories painted the Sons of Liberty as lawless mobs of almost savage ferocity. Both sides, as the author shows, had extralegal motives: whigs to enlist supporters in the other colonies for the cause of independence; tories to bring British troops and warships to Massachusetts in support of the status quo. Both succeeded in their polemical aims, and both have gulled most historians.
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