History

The Stamp Act Crisis and the Debate Over Liberty and Imperial Authority 1764-1766

ABSTRACT

This conference discussed the imposition of the Stamp Act and the initiation of the movement that eventually culminated in the American Revolution by examining those sources directly related to the themes of republican government-taxation, economic regulation, and law that directly affect the subject of the American conception of liberty.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Bailyn, Bernard and Jane N. Garrett, eds. Pamphlets of the American Revolution, Volume I, 1750-1765. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965.

Morgan, Edmund S., eds. Prologue to Revolution: Sources and Documents on the Stamp Act Crisis, 1764-1766. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1972.

Jensen, Merrill, eds. Tracts of the American Revolution 1763-1776. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1967.

Anonymous. “The Political Balance, in which the Principles and Conduct of the Two Parties are weighed, 1765 [pamphlet] .” Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ (accessed 05/20/2014).

Anonymous. “The Late Occurrences in North America, and Policy of Great Britain, Considered [London, 1766] .” Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ (accessed May 21, 2014).

Anonymous. “The Justice and Necessity of Taxing the American Colonies [London, 1766] .” Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ (accessed May 21, 2014).

Anonymous. “A Short and Friendly Caution to the Good People of England [London, 1766] .” Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ (accessed May 21, 2014).

Anonymous. “The Crisis, or, A Full Defence of the Colonies.” Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ (accessed May 21, 2014).

Hyneman, Charles and Donald Lutz. American Political Writings During the Founding Era: 1760-1805. Indianapolis: LibertyPress, 1983.

Jenyns, Soame. “The Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonists, 1765 [pamphlet] .” Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ (accessed 05/20/2014).

Letter. “Jamaica Committee of Correspondence to Agent Stephen Fuller.” Endorsed as sent, December, 1764.

Moore, Maurice. “The Justice and Policy of Taxing the American Colonies in Great-Britain, Considered, 1765 [pamphlet] .” Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ (accessed 05/20/2014).

Ray, Nicholas. “The Importance of the Colonies of North America [March 6, 1766] .” Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ (accessed May 21, 2014).