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Miller, John Chester, 1907-
Origins of the American revolution.
Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1943
(OCoLC)562729134
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Chester Miller
OCLC Number: 426509
Notes: "An Atlantic monthly press book."
Map on lining-papers.
"First edition."
Description: xiv, 519 p. illus. (incl. ports.) 23 cm.
Contents: The economic background --
The political background --
England and America on the eve --
The quest for a colonial revenue: the Sugar Act --
The quest for a colonial revenue: the Stamp Act --
The Stamp Act crisis --
The repeal of the Stamp Act --
The ideological conflict: I. The American mind --
The ideological conflict: II. The English mind --
The Townshend duties --
The growth of colonial opposition --
The collapse of colonial opposition --
The decline of the Revolutionary movement --
Tea revives the dispute --
The Coercive Acts --
The Continental Congress --
Lexington and its aftermath --
The empire in the balance --
The movement toward independence --
The declaration of independence --
The American Revolution as a democratic movement.
Series Title: An Atlantic monthly press book
Responsibility: by John C. Miller; decorative drawings by Eric M. Simon.

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