The political trial of Benjamin Franklin : a prelude to the American Revolution

The political trial of Benjamin Franklin : a prelude to the American Revolution / Kenneth Lawing Penegar.

Benjamin Franklin, it seems, was a reluctant revolutionary. In tracing the course of his political transformation, this book explores the social and political understandings and misunderstandings that both sustained and divided Britain and its colonies in North America. At the center of the story is...

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Main Author: Penegar, Kenneth Lawing
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Algora Pub., ©2011.
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Homes and haunts > England > London.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790
1775-1783
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
War > Causes
Diplomatic relations
Homes
Statesmen
United States > Foreign relations > 1775-1783.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
England > London
United States
Biographies
History
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Table of Contents:
  • A duel in Hyde Park
  • Private letters, public causes
  • Imperial over-reach : the political context of the letters
  • Harvest of spite : reaction in the London press
  • Preliminary hearing
  • Showdown in the cockpit
  • The verdict
  • Circles of support
  • Other perils and after shocks
  • Second thoughts
  • Going home, looking back.

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