An outstanding examination of the Crises that lead to the colonial rebellions of 1689.Introduction to the Wesleyan Edition
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
“An Affayre of State”: Trade and Commerce
“An Affayre of State”: Government, Politics and Religion
The Virginia Charter and Bacon’s Rebellion
Virginia Under Culpeper and Effingham
Maryland: Colonists’ Rights and Proprietary Power
New York and the Charter of Libertyes
Massachusetts bay: Purpose and Defiance
Massachusetts Bay: Denise
His Majesty’s Real Empire in America
The Dominion of New England: The Bay Colony
The Dominion of New England : From the St. Croix to Delaware Bay
The Glorious Revolution in England
The Glorious in New England
The Glorious Revolution in New York ad Maryland
Sanction and Justification
Resistance and Dissent: The Ghost of Masaniello
Resistance and Dissent: War. Merchants, and Torries
Resettlement I
Resettlement II
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Index
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