William Tryon and the Course of Empire

by Paul David Nelson

• ISBN13: 9780807819173
• ISBN10: 0807819174
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2017-11-01
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press

Summary

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 1765-1771 and then of New York from 1771-1780, Tryon became a general in the British army attempting to quell the American rebellion. This long overdue biography covers his life in service to the Crown through the end of the American Revolution.

Table of Contents

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