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1. Copyright56 words
2. Dedication184 words
3. Epigraph61 words
4. Preface1,289 words
5. PART I Europe, England, and the New World 1 Europe at the Dawn of the Modern Era16,679 words
6. 3. The Virginia Company5,658 words
7. 4. From Company to Royal Colony772 words
8. 5. The Social Structure of Virginia: Planters and Farmers1,274 words
9. 6. The Social Structure of Virginia: Bondservants and Slaves3,489 words
10. 7. Religion in Virginia1,030 words
11. 8. The Royal Government of Virginia2,365 words
12. 9. British Mercantilism over Virginia3,279 words
13. 10. Relations with the Indians3,712 words
14. 11. Bacon's Rebellion5,192 words
15. 12. Maryland3,109 words
16. 13. The Carolinas1,991 words
17. 14. The Aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion in the Other Southern Colonies2,012 words
18. 15 The Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath Maryland6,060 words
19. 16. Virginia After Bacon's Rebellion4,335 words
20. 17. The Religious Factor983 words
21. 18. The Founding of Plymouth Colony2,266 words
22. 19. The Founding of Massachusetts Bay3,812 words
23. 20. The Puritans "Purify": Theocracy in Massachusetts3,581 words
24. 21. Suppressing Heresy: The Flight of Roger Williams3,372 words
25. 22. Suppressing Heresy: The Flight of Anne Hutchinson3,050 words
26. 23. The Further Settlement of Rhode Island: The Odyssey of Samuell Gorton5,637 words
27. 24. Rhode Island in the 1650s: Roger Williams' Shift from Liberty3,761 words
28. 25. The Planting of Connecticut2,592 words
29. 26. The Seizure of Northern New England1,017 words
30. 27. Joint Action in New England: The Pequot War1,102 words
31. 28. The New England Confederation2,710 words
32. 29. Suppressing Heresy: Massachusetts Persecutes the Quakers6,337 words
33. 30. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: Disintegration of the Fur Monopoly1,028 words
34. 31. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: The Failure of Wage and Price Control2,326 words
35. 32. Mercantilism, Merchants, and "Class Conflict"922 words
36. 33. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy. The Failure of Subsidized Production1,543 words
37. 34. The Rise of the Fisheries and the Merchants1,433 words
38. 35. Theocracy Begins to Wither: The Half-Way Covenant429 words
39. 36. The Decline and the Rigors of Plymouth1,364 words
40. 37. The Restoration Crisis in New England5,879 words
41. PART IV The Rise and Fall of New Netherland 38 The Formation of New Netherland15,710 words
42. 43. The Northern Colonies, 1666-16753,435 words
43. 44. The Beginning of Andros' Rule in New York1,282 words
44. 45. Further Decline of the Massachusetts Theocracy1,083 words
45. 46. King Philip's War5,178 words
46. 47. The Crown Begins the Takeover of New England, 1676-16792,375 words
47. 48. The Crown Takes over New Hampshire, 1680-16852,536 words
48. 49. Edward Randolph Versus Massachusetts, 1680-16842,741 words
49. 50. The Reopening of the Narragansett Claims, 1679-1683559 words
50. 51. The Rule of Joseph Dudley and the Council of New England2,039 words
51. 52. New York, 1676-16864,366 words
52. 53. Turmoil in East New Jersey, 1678-16862,922 words
53. 54. The Development of West New Jersey1,859 words
54. 55. "The Holy Experiment": The Founding of Pennsylvania, 1681-16904,534 words
55. 56. The Dominion of New England4,714 words
56. 57. The Glorious Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1689-16906,760 words
57. 58. The Glorious Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1690-16926,514 words
58. 59. Aftermath in the 1690s: The Salem Witch-Hunt and Stoughton's Rise to Power5,683 words
59. 60. The Liberalism of Lord Bellomont in the Royal Colonies2,770 words
60. 61. The Aftermath of Bellomont2,898 words
61. 62. Rhode Island and Connecticut After the Glorious Revolution2,294 words
62. 63. The Unification of the Jerseys4,913 words
63. 64. Government Returns to Pennsylvania5,357 words
64. 65. The Colonies in the First Decade of the Eighteenth Century1,668 words
65. Bibliographical Essay2,954 words
66. A135 words
67. B345 words
68. C420 words
69. D216 words
70. E62 words
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75. L187 words
76. M246 words
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78. P213 words
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80. S270 words
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82. V112 words
83. W312 words
84. Copyright56 words
85. Dedication184 words
86. Epigraph261 words
87. Preface1,310 words
88. Introduction The Colonies in the Eighteenth Century554 words
89. 1. Liberalism in Massachusetts3,375 words
90. 2. Presbyterian Connecticut227 words
91. 3. Libertarianism in Rhode Island587 words
92. 4. Land Tenure and Land Allocation in New England1,452 words
93. 5. New Hampshire Breaks Free582 words
94. 6. The Narragansett Planters502 words
95. 7. New York Land Monopoly3,667 words
96. 8. Slavery in New York1,106 words
97. 9. Land Conflicts in New Jersey2,657 words
98. 10. The Ulster Scots1,422 words
99. 11. The Pennsylvania Germans482 words
100. 12. Pennsylvania: Quakers and Indians2,283 words
101. 13. The Emergence of Benjamin Franklin4,203 words
102. 14. The Paxton Boys1,033 words
103. 15. The Virginia Land System1,324 words
104. 16. The Virginia Political Structure946 words
105. 17. Virginia Tobacco995 words
106. 18. Slavery in Virginia1,195 words
107. 19. Indian War in North Carolina530 words
108. 20. The North Carolina Proprietary1,248 words
109. 21. Royal Government in North Carolina879 words
110. 22. Slavery in South Carolina1,801 words
111. 23. Proprietary Rule in South Carolina1,213 words
112. 24. The Land Question in South Carolina945 words
113. 25. Georgia: The "Humanitarian" Colony6,621 words
114. 26. Inflation and the Creation of Paper Money8,977 words
115. 27. The Communication of Ideas: Postal Service and the Freedom of the Press6,922 words
116. 28. Religious Trends in the Colonies954 words
117. 29. The Great Awakening4,617 words
118. 30. The Growth of Deism1,499 words
119. 31. The Quakers and the Abolition of Slavery2,738 words
120. 32. The Beginning of the Struggle over American Bishops1,711 words
121. 33. The Growth of Libertarian Thought6,171 words
122. 34. Assembly Versus Governor1,474 words
123. 35. Mercantilist Restrictions4,204 words
124. 36. King George's War4,735 words
125. 37. Early Phases of the French and Indian War5,464 words
126. 38. The Persecution of the Acadians2,969 words
127. 39. Total War2,007 words
128. 40. The American Colonies and the War2,223 words
129. 41. Concluding Peace4,175 words
130. 42. Administering the Conquests1,281 words
131. Bibliographical Essay4,357 words
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151. Copyright55 words
152. Dedication184 words
153. Epigraph197 words
154. Preface1,209 words
155. PART I The British Army and the Western Lands The Stage Is Set6,508 words
156. PART II Enforcement of Mercantilism 5 Writs of Assistance in Massachusetts11,120 words
157. PART III Ideology and Religion 16 The Threat of the Anglican Bishops5,765 words
158. 19. Passage of the Stamp Act3,049 words
159. 20. Initial Reaction to the Stamp Act1,039 words
160. 21. Patrick Henry Intervenes1,327 words
161. 22. Sam Adams Rallies Boston3,803 words
162. 23. Rhode Island Responds1,621 words
163. 24. Response in New York738 words
164. 25. Response in Virginia426 words
165. 26. Response in Connecticut393 words
166. 27. Response in Pennsylvania603 words
167. 28. Response in the Carolinas and Georgia880 words
168. 29. Official Protests491 words
169. 30. The Stamp Act Congress1,058 words
170. 31. Ignoring the Stamp Tax3,557 words
171. 32. Government Replaced by the Sons of Liberty2,080 words
172. 33. Repeal of the Stamp Act5,177 words
173. 34. Aftermath of Repeal1,122 words
174. 35. The Mutiny Act1,067 words
175. 36. The New York Land Revolt1,660 words
176. 37. Passage of the Townshend Acts494 words
177. 38. The Nonimportation Movement Begins1,538 words
178. 39. Conflict in Boston1,887 words
179. 40. Wilkes and Liberty: The Massacre of St. George's Fields1,574 words
180. 41. British Troops Occupy Boston1,037 words
181. 42. Nonimportation in the South1,341 words
182. 43. Rhode Island Joins Nonimportation807 words
183. 44. Boycotting the Importers2,330 words
184. 45. The Boston Massacre3,051 words
185. 46. Conflict in New York911 words
186. 47. Wilkes and America2,417 words
187. 48. Partial Repeal of the Townshend Duties1,148 words
188. 49. New York Breaks Nonimportation3,787 words
189. PART VI The Regulator Uprisings 50 The South Carolina Regulation8,331 words
190. 52. The Uneasy Lull, 1770-17721,207 words
191. 53. The Gaspée Incident1,159 words
192. 54. The Committees of Correspondence1,940 words
193. 55. Tea Launches the Final Crisis2,148 words
194. 56. The Boston Tea Party1,355 words
195. 57. The Other Colonies Resist Tea1,057 words
196. 58. The Coercive Acts1,598 words
197. 59. The Quebec Act944 words
198. 60. Boston Calls for the Solemn League and Covenant2,588 words
199. 61. Selecting Delegates to the First Continental Congress3,219 words
200. 62. Resistance in Massachusetts921 words
201. 63. The First Continental Congress1,940 words
202. 64. The Continental Association4,283 words
203. 65. The Impact on Britain1,504 words
204. 66. The Tory Press in America831 words
205. 67. Massachusetts: Nearing the Final Conflict1,880 words
206. 68. Support from Virginia899 words
207. 69. "The Shot Heard Round the World": The Final Conflict Begins1,752 words
208. PART VIII Other Forces for Revolution 70 The Expansion of Libertarian Thought10,525 words
209. Bibliographical Essay2,649 words
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228. Copyright56 words
229. Dedication184 words
230. Epigraph66 words
231. Preface1,279 words
232. PART I The War Begins 1 Spreading the News of Lexington and Concord16,213 words
233. Part II. Suppressing the Tories8,884 words
234. PART III The War in the First Half of 1776 19 The British Assault on Charleston11,790 words
235. 25. America Polarizes2,030 words
236. 26. Forming New Governments: New Hampshire1,104 words
237. 27. New England Ready for Independence568 words
238. 28. The Sudden Emergence of Tom Paine2,182 words
239. 29. Massachusetts Turns Conservative4,014 words
240. 30. The Drive Toward Independence4,735 words
241. 31. The Struggle in Pennsylvania and Delaware3,597 words
242. 32. New Jersey and Maryland Follow1,645 words
243. 33. Independence Declared2,503 words
244. 34. New York Succumbs to Independence1,438 words
245. 35. The Invasion of New York3,310 words
246. 36. The Campaigns in New Jersey2,288 words
247. 37. Planning in the Winter of 17771,050 words
248. 38. Rebellion at Livingston Manor885 words
249. 39. The Burgoyne Disaster4,831 words
250. 40. Howe's Expedition in Pennsylvania1,606 words
251. 41. Winter at Valley Forge1,814 words
252. 42. The Battle of Monmouth and the Ouster of Lee1,755 words
253. 43. Response in Britain and France3,400 words
254. PART VI The Political History of the United States, 1776–1778 44 The Drive for Confederation13,523 words
255. 49. The End of the War in the North2,262 words
256. 50. The War at Sea797 words
257. 51. The War in the West6,405 words
258. 52. The Southern Strategy1,645 words
259. 53. The Invasion of Georgia2,428 words
260. 54. The Capture of Charleston1,237 words
261. 55. The Emergence of Guerrilla Warfare in South Carolina1,526 words
262. 56. Gates Meets the Enemy1,296 words
263. 57 The Battle of King’s Mountain and the End of the 1780 Campaign1,384 words
264. 58. Greene's Unorthodox Strategy1,548 words
265. 59. The Race to the Dan916 words
266. 60. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse1,168 words
267. 61. The Liberation of South Carolina1,546 words
268. 62. The Final Battle3,087 words
269. 63. After Yorktown in the West1,073 words
270. 64. The Response in Britain1,309 words
271. 65. Making Peace4,639 words
272. 66. Land Claims and the Ratification of the Articles of Confederation1,217 words
273. 67. Inflationary Finance and Price Controls4,668 words
274. 68. Conservative Counter-Revolution: Massachusetts and Pennsylvania in 17801,630 words
275. 69. Robert Morris and the Conservative Counter-Revolution in National Politics, 1780-17822,385 words
276. 70. Robert Morris and the Public Debt2,225 words
277. 71. The Drive for a Federal Tariff1,449 words
278. 72. The Newburgh Conspiracy1,836 words
279. 73. The Fall of Morris and the Emergence of the Order of the Cincinnati1,626 words
280. 74. The Western Lands and the Ordinance of 1784995 words
281. 75. The Republic of Vermont1,639 words
282. PART IX The Impact of the Revolution 76 Oppressing the Tories12,509 words
283. Bibliographical Essay*3,368 words
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