The American Revolution : writings from the pamphlet debate. I, 1764-1772
Publication Information
New York, N.Y. : Library Of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Random House, Inc., [2015]
Physical Description
xxii, 935 pages ; 21 cm
Summary
"From more than a thousand pamphlets published on both sides of the Atlantic during the period [of 1764-1776], acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood has selected thirty-nine of the most influential and emblematic to reveal as never before how this momentous revolution unfolded. Here, in the first volume of a two-volume set, are nineteen works from the trans-Atlantic debate triggered by Parliament's imposition of new taxes and regulations designed to reform the empire. What begins as a controversy about the origin and function of colonies ... quickly becomes a deeper dispute about the nature of political liberty itself."--Jacket flap.
Contents
- Thoughts on a question of importance proposed to the public, whether it is probable that the immense extent of territory acquired by this nation at the late peace, will operate towards the prosperity, or the ruin of the island of Great-Britain? London, 1765 / "Principles of law and polity, applied to the government of the British colonies in America. Written in the year 1764." From Select letters on the trade and government of America; and the Principles of law and polity, applied to the American colonies. London, 1774 / The rights of the British colonies asserted and proved. Boston, 1764 / The rights of colonies examined. Providence, 1765 / A letter from a gentleman at Halifax, to his friend in Rhode-Island, containing remarks upon a pamphlet, entitled, The rights of colonies examined. Newport, 1765 / The regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, considered. London, 1765 / Considerations on the propriety of imposing taxes in the British colonies, for the purpose of raising a revenue, by Act of Parliament. Annapolis, 1765 / An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies, intended as an answer to the regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them considered. In a letter addressed to the author of that pamphlet. Williamsburg, 1766 / The examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, before an august assembly, relating to the repeal of the Stamp-Act, etc. Philadelphia, 1766
- The nature and extent of Parliamentary power considered; in some remarks upon Mr. Pitt's speech in the House of Commons, previous to the repeal of the Stamp-Act: with an introduction, applicable to the present situation of the colonies. Philadelphia, 1768 / Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British colonies. Philadelphia, 1768 / Thoughts on the origin and nature of government, occasioned by the late disputes between Great Britain and her American colonies: written in the year 1766. London, 1768 / A discourse, delivered in Providence, in the colony of Rhode-Island, upon the 25th day of July, 1768. At the dedication of the Tree of Liberty, from the summer house in the tree. Providence, 1769 / An inquiry into the nature and causes of the present disputes between the British colonies in America and their Mother-Country; and their reciprocal claims and just rights impartially examined, and fairly stated. London, 1769
- An humble enquiry into the nature of the dependency of the American colonies upon the parliament of Great-Britain, and the right of Parliament to lay taxes on the said colonies. By a Freeholder of South-Carolina. Charleston, 1769 / The controversy between Great Britain and her colonies reviewed; the several pleas of the colonies, in support of their right to all the liberties and privileges of British subjects, and to exemption from the legislative authority of Parliament, stated and considered; and the nature of their connection with, and dependence on, Great Britain, shewn, upon the evidence of historical facts and authentic records. London, 1769 / Remarks on the review of the controversy between Great Britain and her colonies. In which the errors of its author are exposed, and the claims of the colonies vindicated, upon the evidence of historical facts and authentic records. New London, 1771 / An oration delivered March 5th, 1772. At the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston; to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770. Boston, 1772 / The votes and proceedings of the Freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Boston, in town meeting assembled, according to law. Boston, 1772.