Describe and compare the pre-revolutionary perspective of the British Americans versus the perspective of the British in the mother country about the British Empire, colonial rule, control of the Americans in the colonies, and colonial taxation by Britain, relying on the Adam Smith excerpts, Pauline Maier in her Original Preface & Ch. 1, and Atkinson’s Prologue. Sources to be used: 1. Adam Smith, from The Wealth of Nations, 1776, “Of Colonies” 2. Adam Smith, from The Wealth of Nations, 1776, “”The Cost of Empire” 3. Pauline Maier, From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial radicals and the development of American opposition to Britain, 1765-1776 (New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co., 1972)(“MAIER”) 4. Rick Atkinson, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (New York: Holt, 2020)(“ATKINSON”) Requirements: Reading Reports MUST be double-spaced with word count specified. It is also ESSENTIAL – note, ESSENTIAL – that when you refer to what an author has stated, you reference the pages in the text on which he or she stated the matters to which you refer and rely. This is true if you are quoting, of course; but it is just as true if you are paraphrasing or summarizing what you have read.Show more
