King and Congress : : The Transfer of Political Legitimacy, 1774-1776 / / Jerrilyn Greene Marston.
A persuasive reassessment of the nature of the institution that was in the forefront of the American revolutionary struggle with Great Britain--the Continental Congress. Providing a completely new perspective on the history of the First and Second Continental Congresses before independence, the auth...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1987 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I: KING
- CHAPTER 1: The King's Authority
- CHAPTER 2: The Abdication of George III
- PART II: CONGRESS
- CHAPTER 3: The First Congress Assumes Authority
- CHAPTER 4: The Association of 1 7 7 4
- CHAPTER 5: Congress and Protection
- CHAPTER 6: Problems of Unity
- CHAPTER 7: Congress and Unity: Foreign Affairs
- CHAPTER 8: Congress and Internal Union
- CHAPTER 9: Congress Grants Authority for Government
- CHAPTER 10: A National Executive or A National Legislature
- A Note on Terminology
- Appendix: Local and Provincial Resolutions, 1774
- Notes
- Index