Seeds of discontent
Subtitle: the deep roots of the American Revolution, 1650-1750
By: J. Revell Carr.
Publisher: Walker & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780802715128
Subjects: Colonists -- America -- History -- 17th century; Colonists -- America -- History -- 18th century; Social conflict -- America -- History -- 17th century; Social conflict -- America -- History -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century; Territory and Dominion of New-England -- History; Louisbourg (N.S.) -- History -- Siege, 1745 -- Influence
Description: A narrative history of the largely unexplored events-starting almost a century before-that inspired the colonists to launch the American Revolution. Repressive actions by the Crown against its colonies in the years following the French and Indian War may have been the direct causes, but historian Carr takes a longer view, and argues that "the cumulative effect of more than one hundred years of British disrespect, mismanagement, and exploitation prepared the minds of the colonists for revolution."--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.