British friends of the American Revolution
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British friends of the American Revolution
Routledge, 2015
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-178) and index
Originally published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 1998
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume profiles a dozen British men and women, who, for varying reasons, opposed the policy of the British government towards its 13 colonies before and during the American Revolution. Their actions helped prepare the way for the recognition of the United States as an independent nation.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The Stage and the Players
- Chapter 2 Governor Pownall, Dean Tucker, and Major John Cartwright: Practical Idealists or Wishful Thinkers?
- Chapter 3 Pitt, Burke, and American Policy, 1763-1770
- Chapter 4 "Birds of a Feather": John Wilkes and John Home Tooke
- Chapter 5 The "Honest Whigs"
- Chapter 6 The Coercive Acts and Their Opponents: A Study in Futility
- Chapter 7 A Dire Prediction
- Chapter 8 The House of Lords
- Chapter 9 Richard Price: Apostle of Liberty
- Chapter 10 The Single Legal Victim of the American Revolution
- Chapter 11 Dean Tucker: He Told Them So!
- Chapter 12 Governor Pownall Fights to the Finish
- Chapter 13 David Hartley: Amateur Diplomat
- Chapter 14 Charles James Fox: The Life of the Party
- Chapter 15 "Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace"
- Chapter 16 Summary and Conclusions.
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