Title Land, settlement, and politics on eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island / J.M. Bumsted

Published Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : maps Contents Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: The French Regime -- 1 British Colonial Policy and the Island of St John, 1763�1767 -- 2 The Organization of Government, 1767�1775 -- 3 Settlement, 1769�1775 -- 4 The Years of the American Revolution, 1775�1780 -- 5 Grabbing for Land, 1780�1783 -- 6 Welcoming the Loyalists, 1783�1784 -- 7 Loyalists versus Proprietors, 1784�1786 -- 8 Fanning Fights for Control, 1786�1789 -- 9 Governors Attacked and Highlanders Arrived, 1789�1792 -- 10 The Rise of the Escheat Movement, 1792�1798 -- Epilogue -- Notes A Note on SourcesIndex -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y Summary In contrast to most previous works on the subject, this is not a local or regional history, but a book in colonial and/or imperial history which focuses on Prince Edward Island. This broader perspective allows Bumsted to show, for example, that the decision to distribute land to proprietors was a comprehensible and even liberal move by British government in the context of the imperial expansion of the 1760s. Bumsted demonstrates that the external influence of the American Revolution is more important than had been thought, both in isolating the island from Britain and, through the handling of Loyalist immigrants, in exacerbating the conflicts over land ownership Analysis Geschichte 1700-1800 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Land tenure -- Prince Edward Island -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Canada -- General. Land tenure SUBJECT Prince Edward Island -- History Subject Prince Edward Island Canada, Prince Edward Island -- Land and property -- History. Canada, Prince Edward Island -- History. Canada, Prince Edward Island -- Politics and government. Prince Edward Island Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 87673902 ISBN 9780773561168 0773561161

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