HIST 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Virtual Representation, John Studebaker, Procyclical And Countercyclical
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The stamp act comes down aggressively hard on 3 jobs: lawyers, printers, Radicalizes and electrifies some of the voices that you do not want to talk. 1763, highest point of british patriotism in america. 1776: the countercyclical revolution - john m. murrin. Very few people are on the king"s payroll. The west indies lobbyist pull a lot of members of parliament aside to convince them to repeal o. The authority in america is the same as it is in britain now. Defined revolution in 1700"s: as basically the opposite of what we think. o o o. Not necessarily a leap forward, more of a leap back. Liberty is always locked in a death struggle with power. o. History tells us republics die quick and silent deaths; they die from within -- when the people lose their virtue o o. Liberty anyone o o o o o o. Puritan covenant theology independence: not independence, but not being personally dependent on.