MARY K. GEITER has taught at the Colleges of Ripon and York St John, UK, the University of Leeds, the University of Maryland University College and the University of Massachusetts Summer Seminar in Trinity College, Oxford; and in the USA at Portland State University, Bloomsburg University and Immaculata College, Pennsylvania.W. A. SPECK has also taught at universities in both Britain and America, including Newcastle, Hull, Leeds and the University of Massachusetts Summer Seminar; and Iowa, Portland State and the College of William and Mary. He is currently Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leeds, UK, and Special Professor in English at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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'A splendid compilation, which will be a great help to students of colonial and revolutionary North America.' - Stephen Conway, University College London, UK 'The narrative is clear and concise. The entries for the Coercive Acts and Navigation Acts give a particularly succinct view of complex maters.' - Norman Desmarais, Reference Reviews

MARY K. GEITER has taught at the Colleges of Ripon and York St John, UK, the University of Leeds, the University of Maryland University College and the University of Massachusetts Summer Seminar in Trinity College, Oxford; and in the USA at Portland State University, Bloomsburg University and Immaculata College, Pennsylvania.W. A. SPECK has also taught at universities in both Britain and America, including Newcastle, Hull, Leeds and the University of Massachusetts Summer Seminar; and Iowa, Portland State and the College of William and Mary. He is currently Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leeds, UK, and Special Professor in English at the University of Nottingham, UK.

• ChronologyIntroductionDictionarySelect Bibliography.

'A splendid compilation, which will be a great help to students of colonial and revolutionary North America.' - Stephen Conway, University College London, UK 'The narrative is clear and concise. The entries for the Coercive Acts and Navigation Acts give a particularly succinct view of complex maters.' - Norman Desmarais, Reference Reviews

MARY K. GEITER has taught at the Colleges of Ripon and York St John, UK, the University of Leeds, the University of Maryland University College and the University of Massachusetts Summer Seminar in Trinity College, Oxford; and in the USA at Portland State University, Bloomsburg University and Immaculata College, Pennsylvania.W. A. SPECK has also taught at universities in both Britain and America, including Newcastle, Hull, Leeds and the University of Massachusetts Summer Seminar; and Iowa, Portland State and the College of William and Mary. He is currently Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leeds, UK, and Special Professor in English at the University of Nottingham, UK.

• ChronologyIntroductionDictionarySelect Bibliography.

'A splendid compilation, which will be a great help to students of colonial and revolutionary North America.' - Stephen Conway, University College London, UK 'The narrative is clear and concise. The entries for the Coercive Acts and Navigation Acts give a particularly succinct view of complex maters.' - Norman Desmarais, Reference Reviews