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Index
Cover
Contents
Conceived In Liberty Volume I
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Preface
Part I. Europe, England, and the New World
1. Europe at the Dawn of the Modern Era
2. New World, New Land
Part II. The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century
3. The Virginia Company
4. From Company to Royal Colony
5. The Social Structure of Virginia: Planters and Farmers
6. The Social Structure of Virginia: Bondservants and Slaves
7. Religion in Virginia
8. The Royal Government of Virginia
9. British Mercantilism over Virginia
10. Relations with the Indians
11. Bacon's Rebellion
12. Maryland
13. The Carolinas
14. The Aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion in the Other Southern Colonies
15. The Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath
16. Virginia After Bacon's Rebellion
Part III. The Founding of New England
17. The Religious Factor
18. The Founding of Plymouth Colony
19. The Founding of Massachusetts Bay
20. The Puritans "Purify": Theocracy in Massachusetts
21. Suppressing Heresy: The Flight of Roger Williams
22. Suppressing Heresy: The Flight of Anne Hutchinson
23. The Further Settlement of Rhode Island: The Odyssey of Samuell Gorton
24. Rhode Island in the 1650s: Roger Williams' Shift from Liberty
25. The Planting of Connecticut
26. The Seizure of Northern New England
27. Joint Action in New England: The Pequot War
28. The New England Confederation
29. Suppressing Heresy: Massachusetts Persecutes the Quakers
30. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: Disintegration of the Fur Monopoly
31. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: The Failure of Wage and Price Control
32. Mercantilism, Merchants, and "Class Conflict"
33. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy. The Failure of Subsidized Production
34. The Rise of the Fisheries and the Merchants
35. Theocracy Begins to Wither: The Half-Way Covenant
36. The Decline and the Rigors of Plymouth
37. The Restoration Crisis in New England
Part IV. The Rise and Fall of New Netherland
38. The Formation of New Netherland
39. Governors and Government
40. The Dutch and New Sweden
41. New Netherland Persecutes the Quakers
42. The Fall and Breakup of New Netherland
Part V. The Northern Colonies in the Last Quarter of the Seventeenth Century
43. The Northern Colonies, 1666-1675
44. The Beginning of Andros' Rule in New York
45. Further Decline of the Massachusetts Theocracy
46. King Philip's War
47. The Crown Begins the Takeover of New England, 1676-1679
48. The Crown Takes over New Hampshire, 1680-1685
49. Edward Randolph Versus Massachusetts, 1680-1684
50. The Reopening of the Narragansett Claims, 1679-1683
51. The Rule of Joseph Dudley and the Council of New England
52. New York, 1676-1686
53. Turmoil in East New Jersey, 1678-1686
54. The Development of West New Jersey
55. "The Holy Experiment": The Founding of Pennsylvania, 1681-1690
56. The Dominion of New England
57. The Glorious Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1689-1690
58. The Glorious Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1690-1692
59. Aftermath in the 1690s: The Salem Witch-Hunt and Stoughton's Rise to Power
60. The Liberalism of Lord Bellomont in the Royal Colonies
61. The Aftermath of Bellomont
62. Rhode Island and Connecticut After the Glorious Revolution
63. The Unification of the Jerseys
64. Government Returns to Pennsylvania
65. The Colonies in the First Decade of the Eighteenth Century
Bibliographical Essay
Index
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Conceived In Liberty Volume II
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Preface
Introduction The Colonies in the Eighteenth Century
Part I. Developments in the Separate Colonies
1. Liberalism in Massachusetts
2. Presbyterian Connecticut
3. Libertarianism in Rhode Island
4. Land Tenure and Land Allocation in New England
5. New Hampshire Breaks Free
6. The Narragansett Planters
7. New York Land Monopoly
8. Slavery in New York
9. Land Conflicts in New Jersey
10. The Ulster Scots
11. The Pennsylvania Germans
12. Pennsylvania: Quakers and Indians
13. The Emergence of Benjamin Franklin
14. The Paxton Boys
15. The Virginia Land System
16. The Virginia Political Structure
17. Virginia Tobacco
18. Slavery in Virginia
19. Indian War in North Carolina
20. The North Carolina Proprietary
21. Royal Government in North Carolina
22. Slavery in South Carolina
23. Proprietary Rule in South Carolina
24. The Land Question in South Carolina
25. Georgia: The "Humanitarian" Colony
Part II. Intercolonial Developments
26. Inflation and the Creation of Paper Money
27. The Communication of Ideas: Postal Service and the Freedom of the Press
28. Religious Trends in the Colonies
29. The Great Awakening
30. The Growth of Deism
31. The Quakers and the Abolition of Slavery
32. The Beginning of the Struggle over American Bishops
33. The Growth of Libertarian Thought
Part III. Relations with Britain
34. Assembly Versus Governor
35. Mercantilist Restrictions
36. King George's War
37. Early Phases of the French and Indian War
38. The Persecution of the Acadians
39. Total War
40. The American Colonies and the War
41. Concluding Peace
42. Administering the Conquests
Bibliographical Essay
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Conceived In Liberty Volume III
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Preface
Part I. The British Army and the Western Lands
1. The Stage Is Set
2. The Ohio Lands: Pontiac's Rebellion
3. The Ohio Lands: The Proclamation Line of 1763
4. The British Army and the Grand Design
Part II. Enforcement of Mercantilism
5. Writs of Assistance in Massachusetts
6. The White Pine Act
7. Molasses and the American Revenue Act
8. Reaction in Massachusetts
9. Reaction in Rhode Island and Connecticut
10. Reaction in New York
11. Reaction in Pennsylvania
12. Reaction in New Jersey
13. Reaction in the South
14. Enforcement Troubles
15. The Newport Case
Part III. Ideology and Religion
16. The Threat of the Anglican Bishops
17. The Parsons' Cause
18. Wilkes and Liberty, 1763-1764
Part IV. Edge of Revolution: The Stamp Act Crisis
19. Passage of the Stamp Act
20. Initial Reaction to the Stamp Act
21. Patrick Henry Intervenes
22. Sam Adams Rallies Boston
23. Rhode Island Responds
24. Response in New York
25. Response in Virginia
26. Response in Connecticut
27. Response in Pennsylvania
28. Response in the Carolinas and Georgia
29. Official Protests
30. The Stamp Act Congress
31. Ignoring the Stamp Tax
32. Government Replaced by the Sons of Liberty
33. Repeal of the Stamp Act
34. Aftermath of Repeal
Part V. The Townshend Crisis, 1766-1770
35. The Mutiny Act
36. The New York Land Revolt
37. Passage of the Townshend Acts
38. The Nonimportation Movement Begins
39. Conflict in Boston
40. Wilkes and Liberty: The Massacre of St. George's Fields
41. British Troops Occupy Boston
42. Nonimportation in the South
43. Rhode Island Joins Nonimportation
44. Boycotting the Importers
45. The Boston Massacre
46. Conflict in New York
47. Wilkes and America
48. Partial Repeal of the Townshend Duties
49. New York Breaks Nonimportation
Part VI. The Regulator Uprisings
50. The South Carolina Regulation
51. The North Carolina Regulation
Part VII. Prelude to Revolution, 1770-1775
52. The Uneasy Lull, 1770-1772
53. The Gaspée Incident
54. The Committees of Correspondence
55. Tea Launches the Final Crisis
56. The Boston Tea Party
57. The Other Colonies Resist Tea
58. The Coercive Acts
59. The Quebec Act
60. Boston Calls for the Solemn League and Covenant
61. Selecting Delegates to the First Continental Congress
62. Resistance in Massachusetts
63. The First Continental Congress
64. The Continental Association
65. The Impact on Britain
66. The Tory Press in America
67. Massachusetts: Nearing the Final Conflict
68. Support from Virginia
69. "The Shot Heard Round the World": The Final Conflict Begins
Part VIII. Other Forces for Revolution
70. The Expansion of Libertarian Thought
71. The Vermont Revolution: The Green Mountain Boys
72. The Revolutionary Movement: Ideology and Motivation
Bibliographical Essay
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Conceived In Liberty Volume IV
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Preface
Part I. The War Begins
1. Spreading the News of Lexington and Concord
2. The Response in Britain
3. Guerrilla or Conventional War
4. The Seizure of Fort Ticonderoga
5. The Response of the Continental Congress
6. Charles Lee: Champion of Liberty and Guerrilla War
7. The Battle of Bunker Hill
8. Washington Transforms the Army
9. The Invasion of Canada
10. Paper Money Financing
11. The New Postal System
12. New York Fumbles in the Crisis
Part II. Suppressing the Tories
13. The Suppression of Tories Begins
14. Suppressing Tories in Rhode Island
15. Suppressing Tories in New York
16. Suppressing Tories in the Middle Colonies
17. Virginia Battles Lord Dunmore
18. Battling Tories in the South
Part III. The War in the First Half of 1776
19. The British Assault on Charleston
20. Forcing the British Out of Boston
21. Privateering and the War at Sea
22. Commodities, Manufacturing, and Foreign Trade
23. Getting Aid from France
24. Polarization in England and the German Response to Renting "Hessians"
Part IV. America Declares Independence
25. America Polarizes
26. Forming New Governments: New Hampshire
27. New England Ready for Independence
28. The Sudden Emergence of Tom Paine
29. Massachusetts Turns Conservative
30. The Drive Toward Independence
31. The Struggle in Pennsylvania and Delaware
32. New Jersey and Maryland Follow
33. Independence Declared
34. New York Succumbs to Independence
Part V. The Military History of the Revolution, 1776-1778
35. The Invasion of New York
36. The Campaigns in New Jersey
37. Planning in the Winter of 1777
38. Rebellion at Livingston Manor
39. The Burgoyne Disaster
40. Howe's Expedition in Pennsylvania
41. Winter at Valley Forge
42. The Battle of Monmouth and the Ouster of Lee
43. Response in Britain and France
Part VI. The Political History of the United States, 1776-1778
44. The Drive for Confederation
45. The Articles of Confederation
46. Radicalism Triumphs in Pennsylvania
47. Struggles Over Other State Governments
48. The Rise and Decline of Conservatism in New York
Part VII. The Military History of the Revolution, 1778-1781
49. The End of the War in the North
50. The War at Sea
51. The War in the West
52. The Southern Strategy
53. The Invasion of Georgia
54. The Capture of Charleston
55. The Emergence of Guerrilla Warfare in South Carolina
56. Gates Meets the Enemy
57. The Battle of King's Mountain
58. Greene's Unorthodox Strategy
59. The Race to the Dan
60. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
61. The Liberation of South Carolina
62. The Final Battle
63. After Yorktown in the West
64. The Response in Britain
65. Making Peace
Part VIII. The Political and Economic History of the United States, 1778-1784
66. Land Claims and the Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
67. Inflationary Finance and Price Controls
68. Conservative Counter-Revolution: Massachusetts and Pennsylvania in 1780
69. Robert Morris and the Conservative Counter-Revolution in National Politics, 1780-1782
70. Robert Morris and the Public Debt
71. The Drive for a Federal Tariff
72. The Newburgh Conspiracy
73. The Fall of Morris and the Emergence of the Order of the Cincinnati
74. The Western Lands and the Ordinance of 1784
75. The Republic of Vermont
Part IX. The Impact of the Revolution
76. Oppressing the Tories
77. Tory Lands in New York
78. Elimination of Feudalism and the Beginnings of the Abolition of Slavery
79. Disestablishment and Religious Freedom
80. Was the American Revolution Radical?
81. The Impact in Europe
Bibliographical Essay
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