The Glorious Revolution in America: Documents on the Colonial Crisis of 1689 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

England's Glorious Revolution of 1688 created a major crisis among the British colonies in America. Following news of the English Revolution, a series of rebellions and insurrections erupted in colonial America from Massachusetts to Carolina. Although the upheavals of 1689 were sparked by local grievances, there were also general causes for the repudiation of Stuart authority. Originally published in 1964. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value. "If the editors of this volume, the third in the Documentary Problems in Early American History, agreed upon any one thing at the very outset of their collaboration, it was the need to make available to their students the raw materials of one of the most exciting and crucial episodes in the first century of the nation's creation. The assignment of textbooks and monographs serves a valuable purpose by giving the student a view of either the whole scope of history or a particular phase of it. But it is a predigested view. Moreover, it is an exceptional text or monograph that can stimulate a student's intellectual inquisitiveness and appetite for historical knowledge. For this, teachers are turning more and more toward controllable collections of primary source materials. By working with the basic stuff of history, the student can formulate his own conclusions and interpretations; he can become, in at least a limited sense, his own historian." "Through study and analysis of the documents that follow, the student can participate in the events of the Glorious Revolution, reconstruct them, appreciate the subtle and often conflicting issues involved, and derive conclusions substantiated by evidence. Of particular advantage is the gathering together, from a multitude of sources, documents that would otherwise be unavailable because of their scarcity or because of the time that would be consumed. Grappling with the same range of documents that would confront the professional historian, the student acquires both substantive knowledge and an ability to exercise historical methodology with discernment and skill. Thus he can better appreciate the general complexity that faces the historian as he analyzes men and events." From the preface. "The Glorious Revolution of 1688, which forced James II from the English throne and established the reign of William and Mary, created a major crisis among the English colonies in America. Following news of England's revolution, a series of rebellions and insurrections erupted in colonial America from Massachusetts to Carolina. Although the upheavals of 1689 were sparked by local grievances in each of the rebellious colonies, there were also general causes for the repudiation of Stuart authority in the New World, fundamental motives and political aspirations which linked the colonies together and in the outcome radically altered the course of colonial development"--Prologue, page 3 Preface Contents Prologue: The Colonial Crisis of 1689 Part I. The Overthrow of the Dominion of New England One. Seeds of Discontent Two. The Pattern of Rebellion Three. The Consequences of Rebellion Part II. Leisler’s Rebellion in New York Four. Seeds of Discontent Five. The Pattern of Rebellion Six. The Consequences of Rebellion Part III. The Glorious Revolution in Maryland Seven. Seeds of Discontent Eight. The Pattern of Rebellion Epilogue: The Revolutionary Settlement in America Suggested Readings