1st Edition

British Pamphlets on the American Revolution, 1763-1785, Part II, Volume 5

By Harry T Dickinson Copyright 2008

    From the end of the Seven Years War to the British acceptance of complete American Independence, British colonial policy was the subject of an intense print debate on both sides of the Atlantic. This work includes pamphlets that represent the multi-faceted debate on both sides of the political divide in Britain.

    Volume 5: 1776–1778, Introduction (1776–1783), Chronology, (1776–1785), Note on the Selection of Texts (1776–1785), Considerations on the American War, Addressed to the People of England (1776), Reflections on the Present State of the American War (1776), Independency the Object of the Congress in America, or, An Appeal to Facts (1776), The Nature, Extent, and Importance, of the Duty of Allegiance (1777), Th e Justice and Necessity of the War with our American Colonies Examined (1777), Reflections on our Present Critical Situation (1777), A Conciliation with America: Adapted to the Constitutional Rights of the Colonies and the Supremacy of Great Britain (1778)