Thomas D. Curtis is a retired professor of economics whose research interests have been economic history, history of economic thought, and comparative economic systems. He received his B.S. and M.A. from Ball State University and his Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University. He taught at Indiana University, the University of Arizona, the University of Oklahoma and the University of South Florida. During his teaching career he published articles in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Southern Economics Journal, Journal of Economic Inquiry, the Social Science Quarterly, Land Economics, and the Atlantic Economic Journal. His hobby for many years is the history of World War II, the European theater of operations.

• Editor’s Introduction: Updating the Curtis Thesis 1Riches, Real Estate, and Resistance: How Land Speculation, Debt, and Trade Monopolies Led to the American Revolution — Thomas D. 30Introduction 31Chapter I. The Economic and Political Background 33Chapter II. Economic Interest Groups and Western Land Speculation 54Chapter III. England’s Colonial Land Policies, 1763 – 1767 84Chapter IV. England’s Colonial Land Policies, 1768 – 1774 99Chapter V. An Alliance of Interests Opposed to English Rule 124Chapter VI. Summary and Conclusion 150References 161Appendix A: Proclamation of 1763 168Appendix B: The Quebec Act of 1774 175Index 183

Thomas D. Curtis is a retired professor of economics whose research interests have been economic history, history of economic thought, and comparative economic systems. He received his B.S. and M.A. from Ball State University and his Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University. He taught at Indiana University, the University of Arizona, the University of Oklahoma and the University of South Florida. During his teaching career he published articles in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Southern Economics Journal, Journal of Economic Inquiry, the Social Science Quarterly, Land Economics, and the Atlantic Economic Journal. His hobby for many years is the history of World War II, the European theater of operations.

• Editor’s Introduction: Updating the Curtis Thesis 1Riches, Real Estate, and Resistance: How Land Speculation, Debt, and Trade Monopolies Led to the American Revolution — Thomas D. 30Introduction 31Chapter I. The Economic and Political Background 33Chapter II. Economic Interest Groups and Western Land Speculation 54Chapter III. England’s Colonial Land Policies, 1763 – 1767 84Chapter IV. England’s Colonial Land Policies, 1768 – 1774 99Chapter V. An Alliance of Interests Opposed to English Rule 124Chapter VI. Summary and Conclusion 150References 161Appendix A: Proclamation of 1763 168Appendix B: The Quebec Act of 1774 175Index 183

Thomas D. Curtis is a retired professor of economics whose research interests have been economic history, history of economic thought, and comparative economic systems. He received his B.S. and M.A. from Ball State University and his Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University. He taught at Indiana University, the University of Arizona, the University of Oklahoma and the University of South Florida. During his teaching career he published articles in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Southern Economics Journal, Journal of Economic Inquiry, the Social Science Quarterly, Land Economics, and the Atlantic Economic Journal. His hobby for many years is the history of World War II, the European theater of operations.

• Editor’s Introduction: Updating the Curtis Thesis 1Riches, Real Estate, and Resistance: How Land Speculation, Debt, and Trade Monopolies Led to the American Revolution — Thomas D. 30Introduction 31Chapter I. The Economic and Political Background 33Chapter II. Economic Interest Groups and Western Land Speculation 54Chapter III. England’s Colonial Land Policies, 1763 – 1767 84Chapter IV. England’s Colonial Land Policies, 1768 – 1774 99Chapter V. An Alliance of Interests Opposed to English Rule 124Chapter VI. Summary and Conclusion 150References 161Appendix A: Proclamation of 1763 168Appendix B: The Quebec Act of 1774 175Index 183