Note on the Text

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on the Text xv
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One THE TRANSATLANTIC RISE OF PATRIOTISM, 1714–1743
7. chapter one England: Constructing a Patriot Organization and Ideology, 1714–1733 17
8. chapter two Scotland: Reforming the British Union, 1715–1739 53
9. chapter three New York: Britain’s Imperial Constitution and the Free Press, 1731–1740 85
10. chapter four Georgia: A Patriot Experiment in “Charitable” Imperialism, 1729–1743 116
11. Part Two A PATRIOT EMPIRE AT WAR, 1739–1763
12. chapter five Rule, Britannia! The Wars of Jenkins’ Ear and the Austrian Succession, 1739–1748 151
13. chapter six The Patriot Minister: William Pitt and the Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763 194
14. Epilogue. A Revolutionary Legacy: Patriot Resistance During the Stamp Act 237
15. Notes 249
16. Index 315