附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-311) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Coming of age in Massachusetts -- 2. Settlement at Monmouth -- 3. The Assembly of 1696 -- 4. The administration of Jeremiah Bass -- 5. Disorder in East Jersey -- 6. Alliance in London, defiance in Middletown -- 7. A Royal government for the Jerseys -- 8. A governor for sale? -- 9. "Blind tax" or "loan to the government?" -- 10. The Assembly of 1704 -- 11. The antiproprietary party assumes control -- 12. Morris as inquisitor -- 13. Monmouth County gentleman and judge -- Conclusion.
摘要:"The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were tumultuous times for New Jersey. The settlers in East New Jersey rose in violent opposition to the proprietary government of the province. Antiproprietary agitators, including Richard Saltar, defied the authority of the province courts, often forcibly breaking up the proceedings and physically assaulting the judges. Daniel J. Weeks reveals that the antiproprietary movement was more than a spontaneous outburst against the perceived oppressions of the proprietors. It was, in fact, a concerted and well-planned effort to overthrow proprietary power in New Jersey and establish a government based on the consent of the majority of the freeholders. , The troubles had their roots in the very first days of settlement, after the proprietors, private owners of the land and government, refused to recognize the land patents of the settlers."--Jacket.
