The Quest for Power: The Lower Houses of Assembly in the Souther Royal Colonies, 1689-1776

by Jack P. Greene

Book Overview

In this book, Jack P. Greene describes the rise of the lower houses in the four southern royal colonies--Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia--that reflects a process occurring throughout the colonies in the period between the Glorious Revolution and the American War for Independence. To determine what it was the Americans were defending in their debate with Britain between 1763 and 1776, Professor Greene defines the specific powers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393005917
• ISBN13: 9780393005912
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"