Pulitzer Prize History Winner
The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West, 1763–1766
by Lawrence H. Gipson
Summary
Gipson studies the British Empire at the peak of its power after the Seven Years War, when victory left it overstretched and burdened with new colonial costs. He shows how taxation disputes and the Stamp Act crisis began to drive a wedge between Britain and its American colonies. This volume forms part of his vast series on the British Empire before the American Revolution.
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Historical Context & Significance
This installment of Lawrence H. Gipson's fifteen volume series The British Empire Before the American Revolution won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1962.