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Copy of Letter 10 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in July 1768
Author: 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 9 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in June 1768, Discussing the Actions of the Assembly
Author: Copies of Letters 5 to 8 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in June 1768, Regarding the Riot on 10th June and Including a Narrative of a Town Meeting and Several Petitions
Author: Copy of Letter 29 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in October 1768
Author: Copies of Letters 6 to 10 Sent by Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in 1769
Author: Copies of Letters 15 to 18 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in August 1768
Author: Copy of Letter 35 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in December 1768, Regarding a Petition from the Council
Author: Copies of Letters 1 to 4 Sent from Governor Bernard to the Earl of Hillsborough in May 1768
Author: In a Defiant Stance
Author: John P. ReidPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027103825X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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The minimum of violence accompanying the success of the American Revolution resulted in large part, argues this book, from the conditions of law the British allowed in the American colonies. By contrast, Ireland's struggle for independence was prolonged, bloody, and bitter largely because of the repressive conditions of law imposed by Britain. Examining the most rebellious American colony, Massachusetts Bay, Professor Reid finds that law was locally controlled while imperial law was almost nonexistent as an influence on the daily lives of individuals. In Ireland the same English common law, because of imperial control of legal machinery, produced an opposite result. The Irish were forced to resort to secret, underground violence. The author examines various Massachusetts Bay institutions to show the consequences of whig party control, in contrast to the situation in 18th-century Ireland. A general conclusion is that law, the conditions of positive law, and the matter of who controls the law may have more significant effects on the course of events than is generally assumed.