The Quest for Power

The Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776

By Jack P. Greene

544 pp., 6 x 9

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-3945-4
    Published: December 2012
  • E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-3944-7
    Published: January 2014
  • E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4121-6
    Published: January 2014

Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press

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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press

In this study, Greene describes the rise of the lower houses in the four southern royal colonies--Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia--in the period between the Glorious Revolution and the American War for Independence. It assesses the consequences of the success of the lower houses, especially the relationship between their rise to power and the coming of the American Revolution.

Originally published in 1963.

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