In a Defiant Stance : : The Conditions of Law in Massachusetts Bay, the Irish Comparison, and the Coming of the American Revolution / / John P. Reid.

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• VerfasserIn: Reid, John P.,
• MitwirkendeR: Reid, John Phillip,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)

The minimum of violence accompanying the success of the American Revolution resulted in large part, argues this book, from the conditions of law the British allowed in the American colonies. By contrast, Ireland's struggle for independence was prolonged, bloody, and bitter largely because of th...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• 1. In the Very Face of Government
• 2. It Signifies Little Who Is Governor
• 3. Source from Whence the Clamors Flow
• 4. Democracy Is Too Prevalent in America
• 5. Juries Lie Open to Management
• 6. In Defiance of the Threats
• 7. Unless Laws Are Enforced
• 8. By Consent of the Council
• 9. The Seeds of Anarchy
• 10. The Same Leaven with the People
• 11. Disjointed and Independent of Each Other
• 12. The Government They Have Set Up
• 13. The Oppression of Centuries
• 14. A Most Dreadful Ruin
• 15. To Effect a Revolution
• 16. Enforced by Mobs
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index