Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773-1776This book is a study of the formulation of British policy towards the American colonies during the crucial period between the Boston Tea Party of December 1773 and the American Declaration of Independence in July 1776. It is set against the background both of British public opinion and of the developing resistance movement in America. Thomas examines the constraints on British policy making, and analyses the failure of the colonists either to respond