Conceived in Liberty

Conceived in Liberty
Single volume cover (2011)
Author(s)	Murray N. Rothbard
Country	United States
Subject(s)	American History
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Arlington House Publishers
Publication date	1975-1979 (Four volumes)
Media type	Print
ISBN	0870002627
OCLC Number	1056881

Conceived in Liberty, by American economist Murray Rothbard, is a 4-volume series on United States history from the Colonial period through the American Revolutionary War.

Table of Contents

Volume 1

Preface Part I: Europe, England, and the New World Europe at the Dawn of the Modern Era New World, New Land Part II: The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century The Virginia Company From Company to Royal Colony The Social Structure of Virginia: Planters and Farmers The Social Structure of Virginia: Bondservants and Slaves Religion in Virginia The Royal Government of Virginia British Mercantilism over Virginia Relations with the Indians Bacon's Rebellion Maryland The Carolinas The Aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion in the Other Southern Colonies The Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath Virginia After Bacon's Rebellion Part III: The Founding of New England The Religious Factor The Founding of Plymouth Colony The Founding of Massachusetts Bay The Puritans "Purify": Theocracy in Massachusetts Suppressing Heresy: The Flight of Roger Williams Suppressing Heresy: The Flight of Anne Hutchinson The Further Settlement of Rhode Island: The Odyssey of Samuell Gorton Rhode Island in the 1650s: Roger Williams' Shift from Liberty The Planting of Connecticut The Seizure of Northern New England Joint Action in New England: The Pequot War The New England Confederation Suppressing Heresy: Massachusetts Persecutes the Quakers Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: Disintegration of the Fur Monopoly Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: The Failure of Wage and Price Control Mercantilism, Merchants, and "Class Conflict" Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: The Failure of Subsidized Production The Rise of the Fisheries and the Merchants Theocracy Begins to Wither: The Half-Way Covenant The Decline and the Rigors of Plymouth The Restoration Crisis in New England Part IV: The Rise and Fall of New Netherland The Formation of New Netherland Governors and Government The Dutch and New Sweden New Netherland Persecutes the Quakers The Fall and Breakup of New Netherland Part V: The Northern Colonies in the Last Quarter of the Seventeenth Century The Northern Colonies, 1666–1675 The Beginning of Andros' Rule in New York Further Decline of the Massachusetts Theocracy King Philips War The Crown Begins the Takeover of New England, 1676–1679 The Crown Takes over New Hampshire, 1680–1685 Edward Randolph Versus Massachusetts, 1680–1684 The Reopening of the Narragansett Claims, 1679–1683 The Rule of Joseph Dudley and the Council of New England New York, 1676–1686 Turmoil in East New Jersey, 1678–1686 The Development of West New Jersey "The Holy Experiment": The Founding of Pennsylvania, 1681–1690 The Dominion of New England The Glorious Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1689–1690 The Glorious Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1690–1692 Aftermath in the 1690s: The Salem Witch-Hunt and Stoughton's Rise to Power The Liberalism of Lord Bellomont in the Royal Colonies The Aftermath of Bellomont Rhode Island and Connecticut After the Glorious Revolution The Unification of the Jerseys Government Returns to Pennsylvania The Colonies in the First Decade of the Eighteenth Century Bibliographical Essay Index

Volume 2

Advanced to Revolution: 1760-1775 Preface Introduction: The Colonies in the Eighteenth Century Part I: Developments in the Separate Colonies Liberalism in Massachusetts Presbyterian Connecticut Libertarianism in Rhode Island Land Tenure and Land Allocation in New England New Hampshire Breaks Free The Narragansett Planters New York Land Monopoly Slavery in New York Land Conflicts in New Jersey The Ulster Scots The Pennsylvania Germans Pennsylvania: Quakers and Indians The Emergence of Benjamin Franklin The Paxton Boys The Virginia Land System The Virginia Political Structure Virginia Tobacco Slavery in Virginia Indian War in North Carolina The North Carolina Proprietary Royal Government in North Carolina Slavery in South Carolina Proprietary Rule in South Carolina The Land Question in South Carolina Georgia: The "Humanitarian" Colony Part II: Intercolonial Developments Inflation and the Creation of Paper Money The Communication of Ideas: Postal Service and the Freedom of the Press Religious Trends in the Colonies The Great Awakening The Growth of Deism The Quakers and the Abolition of Slavery The Beginning of the Struggle over American Bishops The Growth of Libertarian Thought Part III: Relations with Britain Assembly Versus Governor Mercantilist Restrictions King George's War Early Phases of the French and Indian War The Persecution of the Acadians Total War The American Colonies and the War Concluding Peace Administering the Conquests Bibliographical Essay Index

Volume 3

Preface Part I: The British Army and the Western Lands The Stage Is Set The Ohio Lands: Pontiac's Rebellion The Ohio Lands: The Proclamation Line of 1763 The British Army and the Grand Design Part II: Enforcement of Mercantilism Writs of Assistance in Massachusetts The White Pine Act Molasses and the American Revenue Act Reaction in Massachusetts Reaction in Rhode Island and Connecticut Reaction in New York Reaction in Pennsylvania Reaction in New Jersey Reaction in the South Enforcement Troubles The Newport Case Part III: Ideology and Religion The Threat of the Anglican Bishops The Parsons' Cause Wilkes and Liberty, 1763–1764 Part IV: Edge of Revolution: The Stamp Act Crisis Passage of the Stamp Act Initial Reaction to the Stamp Act Patrick Henry Intervenes Sam Adams Rallies Boston Rhode Island Responds Response in New York Response in Virginia Response in Connecticut Response in Pennsylvania Response in the Carolinas and Georgia Official Protests The Stamp Act Congress Ignoring the Stamp Tax Government Replaced by the Sons of Liberty Repeal of the Stamp Act Aftermath of Repeal Part V: The Townshend Crisis, 1766–1770 The Mutiny Act The New York Land Revolt Passage of the Townshend Acts The Nonimportation Movement Begins Conflict in Boston Wilkes and Liberty: The Massacre of St. George's Fields British Troops Occupy Boston Nonimportation in the South Rhode Island Joins Nonimportation Boycotting the Importers The Boston Massacre Conflict in New York Wilkes and America Partial Repeal of the Townshend Duties New York Breaks Nonimportation Part VI: The Regulator Uprisings The South Carolina Regulation The North Carolina Regulation Part VII: Prelude to Revolution, 1770–1775 The Uneasy Lull, 1770–1772 The Gaspée Incident The Committees of Correspondence Tea Launches the Final Crisis The Boston Tea Party The Other Colonies Resist Tea The Coercive Acts The Quebec Act Boston Calls for the Solemn League and Covenant Selecting Delegates to the First Continental Congress Resistance in Massachusetts The First Continental Congress The Continental Association The Impact on Britain The Tory Press in America Massachusetts: Nearing the Final Conflict Support from Virginia "The Shot Heard Round the World": The Final Conflict Begins Part VIII: Other Forces for Revolution The Expansion of Libertarian Thought The Vermont Revolution: The Green Mountain Boys The Revolutionary Movement: Ideology and Motivation Bibliographical Essay Index

Volume 4

The Revolutionary War: 1775-1784 Preface Part I: The War Begins Spreading the News of Lexington and Concord The Response in Britain Guerrilla or Conventional War The Seizure of Fort Ticonderoga The Response of the Continental Congress Charles Lee: Champion of Liberty and Guerrilla War The Battle of Bunker Hill Washington Transforms the Army The Invasion of Canada Paper Money Financing The New Postal System New York Fumbles in the Crisis Part II: Suppressing the Tories The Suppression of Tories Begins Suppressing Tories in Rhode Island Suppressing Tories in New York Suppressing Tories in the Middle Colonies Virginia Battles Lord Dunmore Battling Tories in the South Part III: The War in the First Half of 1776 The British Assault on Charleston Forcing the British Out of Boston Privateering and the War at Sea Commodities, Manufacturing, and Foreign Trade Getting Aid from France Polarization in England and the German Response to Renting "Hessians" Part IV: America Declares Independence America Polarizes Forming New Governments: New Hampshire New England Ready for Independence The Sudden Emergence of Tom Paine Massachusetts Turns Conservative The Drive Toward Independence The Struggle in Pennsylvania and Delaware New Jersey and Maryland Follow Independence Declared New York Succumbs to Independence Part V: The Military History of the Revolution, 1776–1778 The Invasion of New York The Campaigns in New Jersey Planning in the Winter of 1777 Rebellion at Livingston Manor The Burgoyne Disaster Howe's Expedition in Pennsylvania Winter at Valley Forge The Battle of Monmouth and the Ouster of Lee Response in Britain and France Part VI: The Political History of the United States, 1776–1778 The Drive for Confederation The Articles of Confederation Radicalism Triumphs in Pennsylvania Struggles Over Other State Governments The Rise and Decline of Conservatism in New York Part VII: The Military History of the Revolution, 1778–1781 The End of the War in the North The War at Sea The War in the West The Southern Strategy The Invasion of Georgia The Capture of Charleston The Emergence of Guerrilla Warfare in South Carolina Gates Meets the Enemy The Battle of King's Mountain Greene's Unorthodox Strategy The Race to the Dan The Battle of Guilford Courthouse The Liberation of South Carolina The Final Battle After Yorktown in the West The Response in Britain Making Peace Part VIII: The Political and Economic History of the United States, 1778–1784 Land Claims and the Ratification of the Articles of Confederation Inflationary Finance and Price Controls Conservative Counter-Revolution: Massachusetts and Pennsylvania in 1780 Robert Morris and the Conservative Counter-Revolution in National Politics, 1780–1782 Robert Morris and the Public Debt The Drive for a Federal Tariff The Newburgh Conspiracy The Fall of Morris and the Emergence of the Order of the Cincinnati The Western Lands and the Ordinance of 1784 The Republic of Vermont Part IX: The Impact of the Revolution Oppressing the Tories Tory Lands in New York Elimination of Feudalism and the Beginnings of the Abolition of Slavery Disestablishment and Religious Freedom Was the American Revolution Radical? The Impact in Europe Bibliographical Essay Index

Links

• Full text at the Liberty Archive

• Conceived in Liberty (1975-1979) Vol. 1-4:
  • Volume 1 resources page at Mises.org
  • Volume 2 resources page
  • Volume 3 resources page
  • Volume 4 resources page
  • Audiobook read by Floy Lilley

• Articles, essays and reviews
  • "Conceived in Liberty" by Mises Daily, January 2000

• Related courses
  • American Origins: From the Colonies to the Constitution Mises Academy course by Thomas Woods
    • "The Lessons of History" by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., February 2011
  • Freedom and Federalism: The Libertarian States’ Rights Tradition Mises Academy course by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

• Conceived in Liberty at Wikipedia