Tracts of the American Revolution, 1763-1776

Introduction: The Pamphlet Writers and Their Times

1. The Role of Pamphlets and Newspapers

2. British Policies and American Opposition, 1760-1766

3. British Policies and American Opposition, 1767-1770

4. The American Debate Over Independence, 1770-1776

1. An Essay on the Trade of the Northern Colonies (1764) / Stephen Hopkins

2. The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1764) / James Otis

3. The Rights of Colonies Examined (1764) / Stephen Hopkins

4. A Letter from A Gentleman at Halifax to his Friend in Rhode Island (1765) / Martin Howard, Jr

5. The Constitutional Courant: Containing Matters Interesting to Liberty, and No Wise Repugnant to Loyalty (1765) / William Goddard?

6. Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, For the Purpose of Raising a Revenue, by Act of Parliament (1765) / Daniel Dulany

7. An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies (1766) / Richard Bland

8. Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies (1768) / John Dickinson

9. The Nature and Extent of Parliamentary Power Considered (1768) / William Hicks

10. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Court of Vice-Admiralty (1769) / Henry Laurens

11. A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston (1770) / James Bowdoin, Dr., Joseph Warren and Samuel Pemberton

12. A State of the Rights of the Colonists (1772) / Samuel Adams?

13. A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774) / Thomas Jefferson

14. Massachusettensis and Novanglus (1774-1775) / Daniel Leonard and John Adams

15. A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great Britain, And the Colonies: With a Plan of Accommodation on Constitutional Principles (1775) / Joseph Galloway

16. Common Sense Addressed to the Inhabitants of America (1776) / Thomas Paine

17. Plain Truth: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Containing, Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Entitled Common Sense (1776) / James Chalmers