King and People in Provincial Massachusetts

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ISBN: 9780807843987 | 0807843989
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Copyright: 8/1/1992

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In this study, Massachusetts under its second charter serves as a microcosm to illustrate why the colonies at the Revolution sloughed off not only English administration but monarchical culture as well. According Richard Bushman, the change to republicanism cannot be attributed to a single thinker or stain of political thought.

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Preface to the Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 3
Political Culture, 1691 - 1763
The King in Massachusetts Bay	p. 11
Celebrations	p. 14
Protection and Allegiance	p. 17
Securing Moral Advantage	p. 26
The Defiance of Authority	p. 36
Petitions	p. 46
Dependence	p. 55
Government and Society	p. 55
Imperial Politicians	p. 63
Massachusetts Society	p. 74
Consequences	p. 85
The Rights of the People	p. 88
Popular Rights and Official Avarice	p. 91
The Invasion of Royal Power	p. 99
The Resolution of Differences	p. 111
The Alignment of Interests	p. 122
The Course of Events, 1763-1776
The Government of Empire	p. 135
Economic Order	p. 139
Customs and Mores	p. 149
The Governor and Imperial Policy	p. 155
A Colonial Civil List	p. 162
Protest	p. 169
Enslavement	p. 176
The Invasion of Parliamentary Power	p. 179
The Provincial Reaction	p. 182
The Sociology of Corruption	p. 190
Lordships	p. 198
Servility and Virtue	p. 206
Independence	p. 211
The Last Days of the King	p. 212
The End of Monarchy	p. 218
Republican Government	p. 226
Republican Society	p. 235
Afterword	p. 245
Appendix: Country Party Rhetoric in Massachusetts	p. 253
Index	p. 269
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