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| Genre/Form: | Sources Abstracts |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David A Copeland |
| ISBN: | 0313309825 9780313309823 |
| OCLC Number: | 43076901 |
| Description: | xvii, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Newspapers in colonial America -- Censorship, printing control, and freedom of the press, 1690 -- Inoculation controversy, 1721 -- Impartiality, objectivity, and the press, 1729 -- Attakulakula visits King George II, 1730: Native American-English relations -- Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735 -- Women's rights, 1738 -- Stono Rebellion, 1739 -- Great Awakening and George Whitefield, 1739-1745 -- Religious divisions, 1740-1745 -- Massachusetts legalizes lotteries, 1744 -- Medical discoveries and the amazing "Chinese stones," 1745 -- Paper money and the Currency Act, 1751 -- New York public education controversy, 1753-1755 -- Albany Congress, the Plan of Union, and the French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Cherokee War, 1759-1761 -- Stamp Act crisis, 1765-1766 -- "No taxation without representation," 1765-1766 -- The Sons of Liberty, 1765-1776 -- Tories versus patriots, 1768-1775 -- Nonimportation agreements, 1768-1775 -- Boston Massacre, 1770 -- Religious liberty: Baptists call for toleration, 1770-1776 -- Somerset case and the anti-slavery controversy, 1772 -- Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773-1774 -- Continental Congress, 1774-1775 -- Edenton Tea Party and perceptions of women, 1774 -- Arguments over going to war with England, 1774-1776 -- Separation from England, 1768-1776 -- Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 -- Declaration of Independence, 1776. |
| Responsibility: | David A. Copeland. |
Abstract:
Pro and con pieces, letters, and news reports from colonial newspapers offer colonists' opinions on such issues as religion and the Boston Tea Party from 1690 to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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