Format:
1 online resource (378 pages)
ISBN:
9781139148115
Content:
This study examines the impact of the American Revolution on Ireland.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Textual note -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Catholic opinion -- Anglican opinion -- Presbyterian opinion -- 1 Imperial unrest, 1760-1775 -- The revival of patriotism -- Catholic opinion and the new reign -- Rural agitation -- The American stamp act -- The corn export bill -- Augmentation of the army -- The evolution of Catholic opinion -- The money bill dispute -- Patriot opinion and America -- Loyalist opinion and America -- Presbyterian opinion and America -- Catholic opinion and America -- Army and populace -- Conclusion -- 2 Colonial rebellion, 1775-1778 -- Anglican opinion and the American war -- The Catholic masses and the American war -- Presbyterian opinion and the American war -- Pro-American agitation -- The loyalty of the Catholic élite -- Recruitment -- Popular interest in the American war -- American independence -- The sense of the political nation -- Patriot opinion and the Catholics -- The embargo controvery -- Saratoga -- The shadow of France -- Conclusion -- 3 International war, 1778-1781 -- Anglican opinion and war with France -- The Catholic masses and war with France -- The Catholic élite and war with France -- Presbyterian opinion and war with France -- Irish privateers -- The invasion alert of 1779 -- The alienation of the political nation -- The evolution of Presbyterian opinion -- The loyalist reaction -- The free-trade crisis -- The Catholic masses and free trade -- The political nation placated -- The loyalty of the Catholic élite -- The political nation divided -- Constitutional demands -- The loyalist revival -- Popular disaffection -- Recruitment after Saratoga -- The decline of patriotism -- The invasion alert of 1781 -- Yorktown -- Conclusion -- 4 Britain defeated, 1781-1783 -- The political nation and British defeat.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521813860
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521813860
Additional Edition:
Print version Irish Opinion and the American Revolution, 1760-1783
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=217884
