In a Defiant Stance: The Conditions of Law in Massachusetts Bay, the Irish Comparison, and the Coming of the American Revolution

by John Reid

The minimum of violence accompanying the success of the American Revolution resulted in large part, argues this book, from the conditions of law the British allowed in the American colonies. By contrast, Ireland's struggle for independence was prolonged, bloody, and bitter largely because of the repressive conditions of law imposed by Britain. Examining the most rebellious American colony, Massachusetts Bay, Professor Reid finds that law was locally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271022779
• ISBN13: 9780271022772
• Release Date: September 1977
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"