Planter Indebtedness and the Coming of the Revolution in Virginia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3368818 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emory G Evans (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 511 |
| Publication date | 1962-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The William and Mary Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-5597 • E-ISSN: 1933-7698 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1920161 |
| OpenAlex | W2314919150 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
A T the outbreak of the American Revolution colonial indebtedness to Great Britain exceeded five million pounds. The southern colonies were most heavily encumbered; among them Virginia stood first with a debt of over two million pounds.' Historians have long been intrigued by the possible influence of this indebtedness on the coming of the American Revolution. Preoccupied with the importance of economic forces during the long flirtation with economic determinism through much of the period between i910 and I950, a number of scholars viewed indebtedness as one of the central causes of the Revolution. Thus Charles A. Beard suggested in I9I5 that it is generally known, the debts due to British merchants and other private citizens constituted one of the powerful causes leading to the Revolution,2 and a decade later Isaac S
Economic history · Economics · Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1992 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |