1766 Annual Register: Yearbook of News & History

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The British were punishing Americans for violating the Stamp Act! Americans cried "No taxation without representation!" Historians say the movement that culminated in the American Revolution began with defiance of the Stamp Act. Read all about it in the British Annual Register for 1766, edited and largely written by the Irish-born Whig political philosopher Edmund Burke (1729-1797). News of the year includes the troubles in the colonies and the eventual repeal of the Stamp Act. It also ranges widely over other news, such as the discovery of ancient marble statues at Pompeii, the beheading of Thomas Arthur Lally in France, the immolation of the Polish King Stanislaus (whose clothes caught fire), the cloak-and-hat riots in Madrid, the hurricane in Martinique, and so much more! The historian will find entertainment in virtually every paragraph. T is also a reasoned essay why the Americans already have representation in Parliament, and why their protests are vain. Burke, Edmund (ed.). The Annual Register, or, A View of the History, Politics and Literature for the year 1766. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1767. Octavo (22 cm); [4], 319, [9] pages. Bound in cloth with leather spine. Condition: Covers detached but present. Leather spine quite worn. Old bookplate torn away from inside front cover. Second leaf ("Preface") torn slightly read more

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