Date of Award
Spring 1975
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
Committee Director
Peter C. Stewart
Committee Member
John W. Kuehl
Committee Member
Richard Rutyna
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.H47 S69
Abstract
This study examines mob violence in pre-Revolutionary Norfolk, Virginia. Four chronologically distinct mob incidents are considered: the Arundel riot of 1762, the Stamp Act riot of 1766, the impressment riot of 1767, and the smallpox riots of 1768-1769. Emphasis is placed on the identification of mob participants and the motives for their involvement. Quantitative methods are used to assess the degree of participation by influential Norfolk residents in mass violence.
Statistical evidence reveals that an unusually large number of rioters were influential Norfolkians. Motivation for their participation is attributed to English Parliamentary decrees and the growing economic and political influence of the Scots that threatened the security of the established Americans.
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DOI
10.25777/jx4f-kz15
Recommended Citation
Smyth, Edward A..
"Mob Violence in Prerevolutionary Norfolk, Virginia"
(1975). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, History, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/jx4f-kz15
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds/278