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Author:   Robert M. Randolph
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
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9781476679556

ISBN 10:   147667955
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   21 November 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface  1. Painting with a Broad Brush  2. Peyton Randolph’s Family and Early Career  3. Speculation in Western Lands  4. The ­Attorney-General Chooses Between Loyalties The First Committee of Correspondence The Leading Lawyers of Virginia  5. Britain’s ­Post-War Policy Toward the Colonies The Proclamation of 1763 Britain’s Secret Policy The Hovering Act of 1763 The Currency Act of 1764 The Sugar Act of 1764 The American Act of 1764  6. The Stamp Act July 1764: Protest by Committee of Correspondence October 30, 1764: Petitions by General Assembly Terms and Passage of the Stamp Act May 1765 Session: Patrick Henry’s Resolutions Resistance and Repeal The Declaratory Act: 1766 Richard Bland’s Pamphlet  7. The Death of Speaker Robinson and Randolph’s Election as Speaker: 1766  8. The Speaker Changes Course Governor Botetourt Opens the General Assembly: May 8, 1769 The Townshend Acts: 1767 John Dickinson’s Letters from “A Farmer” General Assembly, March 31, 1768: Protest and Petitions Transportation and ­Extra-Constitutional Convention in Massachusetts Arrival of Governor Botetourt The King’s Speech from the Throne: November 8, 1768 The British Context—John Wilkes General Assembly, May 8, 1769: Defiance and Dissolution Formation of the Association: May 17, 1769 A Change in Virginia’s Political Climate Randolph’s First Trip North The ­Non-Importation Association and Partial Repeal of the Townshend Act Second ­Non-Importation Agreement: June 22, 1770  9. From the Townshend Acts to the Gaspee Incident, 1768–1772 The End of the Golden Age Attempted Revival of Western Land Speculation Actions by the Crown in America and Britain: 1769–1772 10. The Gaspee Incident and Virginia’s New Committee deleteof Correspondence: March 12, 1773 11. The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773 12. The Intolerable Acts 13. The May 5, 1774, General Assembly: A Day of Fasting deleteand Prayer, Dissolution and Response Dissolution and the Call for Convention 14. The August 1, 1774, Convention Lord Dunmore’s War 15. The First Continental Congress, September 5, 1774 Peyton Randolph’s Role 16. The Organization of Resistance and Coercion, September 1774—March 1775 17. The Second Convention, March 20, 1775: Virginia Is Placed in a “Posture of Defense” by Three Votes 18. Dunmore’s Response: Land Titles and Gunpowder 19. The Second Continental Congress, May 10, 1775 20. The Last General Assembly, June 1, 1775 21. The Third Convention, Richmond, July 17, 1775 Randolph’s Policy Triumphs and Pendleton Leads Virginia into Revolution 22. The Second Continental Congress, September 6, 1775, and the Death of Peyton Randolph 23. Summary Appendix: Early Randolph Family History Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Robert M. Randolph served in the U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Corps during the Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile crises. He practiced law at a Fort Worth, Texas, law firm where he served as chief of its trial section for twenty plus years. He lives in Weatherford, Texas.

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