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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2659| Appears in Collections: | History and Politics Journal Articles |
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| Title: | Governor Francis Bernard, the Massachusetts Friends of Government, and the Advent of the Revolution |
| Author(s): | Nicolson, Colin |
| Contact Email: | colin.nicolson@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | American Revolution Massachusetts Friends of Government Francis Bernard Loyalism Imperial Crisis Origins of the American Revolution Prosopography 1765-1776 United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 American loyalists Boston (Mass) Politics and government Massachusetts Govenor (1760-1770 : Bernard) |
| Issue Date: | 1991 |
| Date Deposited: | 14-Jan-2011 |
| Citation: | Nicolson C (1991) Governor Francis Bernard, the Massachusetts Friends of Government, and the Advent of the Revolution. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 103, pp. 24-113. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25081034 |
| Abstract: | This article examines the political bases of proto-Loyalism in before the American Revolution. It is based on a prosopography of 727 friends of government in Massachusetts and demonstrates that (a) they were a significant political presence during the administration of Gov. Francis Bernard, 1760-69; (b) they constituted a substantial body of opinion critical of the radical leadership of the colonial protest movement that emerged during the imperial crisis; (c) they represented a potential cadre for Loyalist counter-revolution; (d) the failure of the royal governors to build a coherent anti-revolutionary party explains the futility of counteracting the Revolution in Massachusetts in 1774-76. |
| URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/25081034 |
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