Author:
Copeland, David A., 1951-
Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Descriptionxvii, 397 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Note:Censorship, printing control, and freedom of the press, 1690 - The inoculation controversy, 1721 - Impartiality, objectivity, and the press, 1729 - Attakulakula visits King George II, 1730: native American-English relations - The trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735 - Women's rights, 1738 - The Stono rebellion, 1739 - The Great Awakening and George Whitefield, 1739-1745 - Religious divisions, 1740-1745 - Massachusetts legalizes lotteries, 1744 - Medical discoveries and the amazing "Chinese stones," 1745 - Paper money and the Currency Act, 1751 - The New York public education controversy, 1753-1755 - The Albany Congress, the plan of union, and the French and Indian War, 1754-1763 - The Cherokee War, 1759-1761 - The Stamp Act Crisis, 1765-1766 - "No taxation without representation," 1765-1766 - The Sons of Liberty, 1765-1776 - Tories versus Patriots, 1768-1775 - Nonimportation agreements, 1768-1775 - The Boston Massacre, 1770 - Religious liberty: Baptists call for toleration, 1770-1776 - The Somerset case and the anti-slavery controversy, 1772 - The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773-1774 - The Continental Congress, 1774-1775 - The Edenton Tea Party and perceptions of women, 1774 - Arguments over going to war with England, 1774-1776 - Separation from England, 1768-1776 - The battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense, 1776 - The Declaration of Independence, 1776
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-389) and index.
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