Table of contents for Origin of the American Revolution, 1759-1766 / Bernhard Knollenberg ; edited and with a foreword by Bernard W. Sheehan.

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 1 British Politics and Colonial Policy: 759-I765  I
 2 Royal Instructions and the Threat to
      Home Rule in the Royal Colonies 34
 3 The Twopenny Act Dispute in Virginia 43
 4 Irritants in Other Royal Colonies 54
 5 The Disturbing Activities of Archbishop Secker 64
 6 The British Army in America and the Decision
      to Tax the Colonies 76
 7 The Proclamation of 1763 and Limitation of
      Westward Expansion 88
 8 Amherst and the Indian Uprising of 1763 95
 9 Failure of the British Army o5
10 Enforcement of the White Pine Acts 116



11 Enforcement of the Sugar Act of 1733 127
12 Parliament Taxes the Colonies for Revenue  i39
13 The English Constitution and Colonial Taxation  146
14 British Restrictions on Colonial Trade and
      Manufacturing 57
15 New Restrictions on Colonial Trade and Currency 65
16 Individual Protests 74
17 Legislative Protests-Massachusetts and Connecticut 85
18 Legislative Protests-The Middle Colonies  I93
19 Legislative Protests -The Carolinas, Virginia, and
     Rhode Island 204
20 The Protests Fail: The Stamp Act Is Passed 210
21 Colonial Nullification of the Stamp Act 27