William Tryon and the Course of Empire: A Life in British Imperial Service

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UNC Press Books, 1990 - 250页
William Tryon's role in the affairs of British America during the last years of the empire, and his inability to stem the collapse of that empire, makes for a fascinating story. Royal governor of North Carolina from 1765 to 1771 and then of New York from
 

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English Origins
1
The New Royal Governor
18
Stamps and Boundaries
39
Tryon Palace and Reform Measures
54
The War of the Regulation
70
Governor of New York
90
Land Politics and Tea
109
The Collapse of Royal Authority
128
Soldiering against Republicanism
148
The Fruits of Desolation Warfare
167
Notes
185
Selected Bibliography
215
Index
235
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