Economic Burden: Spark to the American Revolution?
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Economic History
- Vol. 38 (1) , 81-100
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700088185
Abstract
Unfortunately, what follows does not answer the title question—although I conclude that the preponderance of current evidence answers yes, that economic burden did spark the Revolution. Rather, what follows elaborates the ingredients required for a definitive answer and, as a by-product, illuminates why the historical treatment of the origins of the American Revolution remains a muddle.Keywords
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