The colonial merchants and the American revolution 1763 - 1776:
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adam_text | CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
The Old Order Changeth
page
Effects of British commercial and financial supervision on the colonies
... 15
Economy of commercial provinces
......*........... 22
Dominance of merchant class in commercial provinces
......... 27
Economy of plantation provinces
................... 32
Leadership of planting class in plantation provinces
........... 34
Survey of colonial smuggling to
1763................ 39
CHAPTER II
The First Contest for Commercial Reform (1764-1766)
Restrictive acts of
1764...................... 50
Sectionalization of discontent
.................... 54
First stage of industrial depression
.................. 56
Beginning of organized opposition on part of merchants
......... 59
Broadening the basis of protest
.................. 62
Early movement for retrenchment in commercial provinces
....... 63
Stamp Act
(1765)
and its economic burden
.............. 65
Popular demonstrations in commercial provinces
............ 7
Contrast with plantation provinces
.................. 73
Union of commercial and plantation provinces in Stamp Act Congress
... 75
Organized efforts for economic relief in commercial provinces
...... 76
Remedial legislation of Parliament
(1766).............. 82
CHAPTER III
The Second Movement for Commercial Reform (1767-1770)
Position of merchant class early in
1767................ 9
Townshend legislation
(1767).................... 93
General modes of opposition
.................... 9°
Opposition to regulations against smuggling (1767-1770)
........ 97
General character of non-importation movement
............ 105
9
IO
CONTENTS
PAGE
New
England town movement for non-consumption (October,
1767—
Feb¬
ruary,
1768)........................ . 106
Efforts for a tri-city mercantile league of non-importation (March
—
June,
•768)............................ 3
Independent boycott agreements in chief trading towns (August,
1768—
March,
1769)...............,......... 120
Attempt to extend scope of mercantile agreements (October,
1769) . . . . 131
Non-importation movement in plantation provinces
........... 134
In Virginia
.................. ...... 135
In Maryland
......................... 138
In South Carolina
...................... 140
In Georgia
.......................... 147
In North Carolina
....................... 148
Boycott agreements in minor northern provinces
............ 149
In Delaware
......................... 149
In New Jersey
.............. ......... 150
In Connecticut
........................ 150
In Rhode Island
....................... 152
In New Hampshire
...................... 155
CHAPTER IV
Enforcement and Breakdown of Non-Importation (1768-1770)
Difficultiesof judging execution of non-importation
.......... 156
Enforcement at Boston
....................... 156
Enforcement at New York
..................... 186
Enforcement at Philadelphia
................... 191
Enforcement in other northern provinces
............ . . 194
Accession of New Hampshire to non-importation
.......... 194
Uncandid course of Rhode Island
................ 195
Enforcement in Delaware, New Jersey and Connecticut.
...... 196
CHAPTER V
Enforcement and Breakdown of Non-Importation (Continued)
Operation of non-importation in plantation provinces
.......... 197
Situation in Virginia
......................
19S
Situation in Maryland
..................... 199
Enforcement in South Carolina
............... 202
Enforcement in North Carolina
................. 208
Early defection of Georgia
................... 209
General trend toward relaxation of
non
importation
........... 209
CONTENTS ■
л
PAGI
Movement of great trading towns to terminate non-importation (April
—
October,
1770)........................ 217
Collapse of non-importation in plantation provinces (October,
1770—
July,
«77«)· · · · ....................... 233
Coercive effects of non-importation in England
............ 236
CHAPTER VI
Colonial Prosperity and a New Peril
(1770-1773)
Alienation ot merchant class from radicals
............... 240
Return of prosperity
.....,................... 241
Widespread acquiescence in tea duty
................. 244
Continuance of smuggling
................... 246
Attempt of radicals to revive agitation (November,
1772—
July,
1773). . . 253
Cause for renewal of opposition
:
tea act of
1773............ 262
Analysis of literature of protest
................... 265
CHAPTER
VII
The Struggle With the East India Company (1773-1774)
Inauguration of movement of opposition at Philadelphia
........ 279
Development of Boston opposition to tea shipments
.......... 281
Course of opposition at Philadelphia
................. 290
Course of opposition at New York
.................. 291
Course of opposition at Charleston
................. 294
Effect of Boston Tea Party on colonial opinion
............ 298
CHAPTER
VIII
Contest of Merchants and Radicals for Dominance in -the Commer¬
cial Provinces (March—August,
1774)
Passage of coercive acts of
1774.................. 305
Effect of coercive acts on American opinion
.....·....... 306
Movement in commercial provinces for non-intercourse
......... 311
In New England
....................... 311
In New York
........................ 327
In Pennsylvania
....................... 341
In New Jersey
....................... 356
In Delaware
......................... 357
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PAG«
CHAPTER IX
Contest of Merchants and Radicals-tor Dominance in the Planta¬
tion Provinces (May—October,
1774)
Factors conditioning the non-intercourse movement in plantation provinces
. 359
Action of Maryland
........................ 360
Measures of Virginia
....................... 362
Attitüde
of North Carolina
..................... 370
Course of South Carolina
..................... 373
Backwardness of Georgia
..................... 379
Indications of rising tide of radicalism in British America
....... 386
Combination of workingmen at Boston and New York against Gage
. 386
Destruction of the Peggy Stewart at Annapolis
.......... 388
CHAPTER X
The Adoption of the Continental Association
(September
—
October,
1774)
Genesis of First Continental Congress
................393
Factors determining the policy of Congress
..............396
Proceedings of First Continental Congress
..............410
CHAPTER XI
Ratification of the Continental Association
(November,
1774—
June,
1775)
Position of moderates after First Continental Congress
.........
43г
Literature of protest
........................ 435
Establishment of Association in commercial provinces
.......... 440
In Massachusetts
...........· ·.......... 440
In New Hampshire
....................■. . 442
In Rhode Island
....................... 444
In Connecticut
........................ 444
In New York
........................ 447
In New Jersey
........................ 455
In Pennsylvania
....................... 456
In Delaware
......................... 460
Establishment of Association in plantation provinces
.......... 460
In Maryland
.........................
461
In Virginia
.......,................. 461
In North Carolina
...................... 463
In South Carolina
...................... 464
Failure of Georgia to ratify
.................. 469
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
ХІІ
ІЗ
PAGE
Five Months of the Association in the Commercial Provinces
(December,
1774—
April,
1775)
General conditions affecting operation of Association
.......... 473
Workings of Association in Massachusetts
.............. 476
Workings of Association in New Hampshire
............. 483
Workings of Association in Rhode Island
.............. 485
Workings of Association in Connecticut
............... 486
Workings of Association in New York
................ 489
Workings of Association in New Jersey
.............. 493
Workings of Association in Pennsylvania
............... 495
Workings of Association in Delaware
.........·..... 502
CHAPTER
XIII
Five Months of the Association in the Plantation Provinces
General Conclusions
Contrast with commercial provinces
................. 504
Workings of Association in Maryland
................ 504
Workings of Association in Virginia
................. 509
Workings of Association in North Carolina
.............. 519
Workings of Association in South Carolina
.............. 525
Employment of provincial boycott
................ . 529
Regulation of coastwise trade
.................... 534
General conclusions as to non-importation regulation in all provinces
... 535
Effects of Continental Association on Great Britain
.......... 536
CHAPTER
XIV
Transformation of the Association (April,
1775—
July,
1776)
Cause of transformation of Continental Association
........... 541
Widespread adoption of defense associations
.............
54г
Belated accession of Georgia to Continental Association
......... 546
Changing functions of committees of observation
............ 552
Early adoption of non-exportation for military purposes
......... 559
Modifications in Continental Association made by Second Continental Con¬
gress
............................ 563
Advent of non-exportation
..................... 57°
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PAGE
CHAPTER XV
Transformation of the Association (Continued)
Nullification of acts of navigation and trade
.............. 576
Relaxation of tea non-consumption
................. 581
Removal of restraint on prices
................... 584
Merchant class and the supreme decision
............... 591
Appendix
............................ 607
Bibliography
.......................... 614
Index
............................. 631
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