Additional Grenville Papers 1763 1765
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Additional Grenville Papers 1763 1765
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Author : George Grenville
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1962
Additional Grenville Papers 1763 1765 written by George Grenville and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Great Britain categories.
A Great And Necessary Measure George Grenville And The Genesis Of The Stamp Act 1763 1765
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Author : John L. Bullion
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
A Great And Necessary Measure George Grenville And The Genesis Of The Stamp Act 1763 1765 written by John L. Bullion and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Business & Economics categories.
George Grenville could have upheld Parliament's sovereignty, raised revenue, reduced smuggling, and asserted British control over the colonies by lowering the duty on foreign molasses imported into America from sixpence to one penny per gallon. But Grenville chose to set the duty at threepence instead, thereby irritating the mercantile community in the colonies. Would setting the molasses duty at one penny and collecting interest on paper currency have inspired Americans to resist parliamentary tyranny? Perhaps they would have; perhaps not. It does seem certain, though, that if resistance to these policies had occurred, it would have been a resistance shorn of substantial support from merchants, the agricultural elite of the northern colonies, and the planters of the South. In any crisis that might have arisen, Britain would have enjoyed far more support from these powerful groups in American society than she in fact did during the 1760s and 1770s. Thus, different decisions by Grenville might have totally prevented, considerably delayed, or essentially changed the American Revolution. How and why Grenville and his colleagues reached the fateful decisions are the questions examined in this book.
Additional Grenville Papers 1763 1765
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Author : George Grenville
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1962
Additional Grenville Papers 1763 1765 written by George Grenville and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Great Britain categories.
A Prologue To Revolution
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Author : Allen S. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 1997
A Prologue To Revolution written by Allen S. Johnson and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
George Grenville was King George III's First Minister from 1763 to 1765. The central issue of Grenville's administration was to deal with the aftermath of the Seven Year's War, particularly with the sharply increased national debt and the cost of continued protection of the American colonies. In seeking to balance the national budget, he blundered into levying taxes on the Americans. The Sugar Act of 1764 aroused very little opposition or even discussion. But it was an entering wedge. The ease with which it sailed through Parliament led Grenville to propose another American tax, the Stamp Act. This aroused vigorous, even violent opposition, both in America and among the business community in Great Britain. Grenville's career also saw the development of numerous techniques for shaping and manipulating public opinion, and he was intimately involved in using them, particularly the newspaper and pamphlet press. He was one of those principally involved in attempting to suppress John Wilkes and the North Briton No. 45, an episode in the evolution of freedom of the press in Great Britain. Grenville was dismissed from office by the King because of issues that had nothing to do with American taxation. The years between 1765 and 1770, between his dismissal and his death, show a mellowing as well as maturing of his political wisdom. Increasingly he played the role of elder statesmen, advising the House of Commons on important questions concerning not only American taxation but freedom of the press and freedom of elections.
A Rope Of Sand
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Author : Michael Kammen
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-10-03
A Rope Of Sand written by Michael Kammen and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-03 with History categories.
During the twenty years before the American Revolution, thirty-seven men acted as paid agent or lobbyists for the American colonies in England. The most famous among them were Benjamin Franklin, who represented four different colonies and served for seventeen years as agenet for Pennsylvania, and Edmund Burke, who accepted the position to further his own career. Yet the other thirty-five were also a colorful and heterogenous group. This detailed study, by a Pulitzer-prize-winning historian, of their activities and of the gradual breakdown of communications between the colonies and the mother country, until the link between the two become only "a rope of sand," is, in the words of the Richmond News Leader, "a new and invigorating approach to the American fight for independence." "Soundly documented, well organized and highly readable." - The New York Historical Society Quarterly "A challenging book about an important historical institution." - The Historian "A substantial contribution to our understanding of Anglo-American history during the eighteenth century." - The New England Quarterly "Both in concept and execution, A Rope of Sand is impressive." - The Journal of American History
British Diplomacy And Swedish Politics 1758 1773
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Author : Michael Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1980-06-18
British Diplomacy And Swedish Politics 1758 1773 written by Michael Roberts and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-06-18 with Political Science categories.
William Knox
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Author : Leland J. Bellot
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1977-05-01
William Knox written by Leland J. Bellot and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Colonial expert and pamphleteer William Knox has received attention in virtually every major study of the American Revolution, yet this is the first biography of Knox ever written. Knox is best known as undersecretary of state in the American Department of the British government from 1770 to 1782. A prolific and candid commentator, he also made a reputation as a pamphleteer, defending the imperial cause during the decade preceding the Revolution. It had been his experience as provost marshal in Georgia from 1757 to 1762 that convinced Knox of the danger to the empire of the growing "democratic" forces in the American colonies. While numerous historical works have focused on this or that aspect of Knox's career and thought, such treatment has produced at best a jigsaw portrait. Bellot's comprehensive narrative reveals Knox as a person—one whose Calvinist heritage and Scots-Irish upbringing profoundly influenced his view of empire—and as a historical actor and witness. Here is a look at the events of the revolutionary period through the eyes of a British bureaucrat who had a significant role in both the formation and the execution of British policy. This perspective also provides an excellent case study of the operation of the eighteenth-century British bureaucracy.
George Iii
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Author : Peter David Garner Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2002
George Iii written by Peter David Garner Thomas and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: was he seeking to restore royal power or merely exercising his constitutional rights?
Myth And Reality In Late Eighteenth Century British Politics
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Author : Ian R. Christie
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
Myth And Reality In Late Eighteenth Century British Politics written by Ian R. Christie and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with History categories.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
George Iii
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Author : Jeremy Black
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-01
George Iii written by Jeremy Black and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The sixty-year reign of George III (1760–1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history: the ending of the Seven Years’ War with France, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, the campaign against Napoleon Bonaparte and battle of Waterloo in 1815, and Union with Ireland in 1801. Despite the pathos of the last years of the mad, blind, and neglected monarch, it is a life full of importance and interest. Jeremy Black’s biography deals comprehensively with the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues, and harnesses the richest range of unpublished sources in Britain, Germany, and the United States. But, using George III’s own prolific correspondence, it also interrogates the man himself, his strong religious faith, and his powerful sense of moral duty to his family and to his nation. Black considers the king’s scientific, cultural, and intellectual interests as no other biographer has done, and explores how he was viewed by his contemporaries. Identifying George as the last British ruler of the Thirteen Colonies, Black reveals his strong personal engagement in the struggle for America and argues that George himself, his intentions and policies, were key to the conflict.