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Ladataan... A Great and Necessary Measure: George Grenville and the Genesis of the Stamp Act, 1763-1765Tekijä: John L. Bullion
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. A very thorough analysis of the short period when the Stamp Act was being planned and passed by Parliament. Provides in-depth information of the political machinations behind the scenes. Also helps reader understand the opportunities and hazards with which Grenville struggled as he crafted this milestone Bill. Great end notes lead to a range of primary sources. Highly recommended for those interested in a closer look at the Stamp Act. ( ) ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
George Grenville could have upheld Parliament's sovereignty, raised revenue, reduced smuggling, and asserted British control over the colonies by lowering the duty on foreign molasses imported into America from sixpence to one penny per gallon. But Grenville chose to set the duty at threepence instead, thereby irritating the mercantile community in the colonies. Would setting the molasses duty at one penny and collecting interest on paper currency have inspired Americans to resist parliamentary tyranny? Perhaps they would have; perhaps not. It does seem certain, though, that if resistance to these policies had occurred, it would have been a resistance shorn of substantial support from merchants, the agricultural elite of the northern colonies, and the planters of the South. In any crisis that might have arisen, Britain would have enjoyed far more support from these powerful groups in American society than she in fact did during the 1760s and 1770s. Thus, different decisions by Grenville might have totally prevented, considerably delayed, or essentially changed the American Revolution. How and why Grenville and his colleagues reached the fateful decisions are the questions examined in this book. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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