J. Kelly Robison

The Road to Revolution

  1. Introduction
  2. The New Empire
      1. Plan of Albany
    1. The Seven Years War
      1. Treaty of Paris, 1763
    2. The New Colonialism
      1. Regulation
      2. Taxation
  3. Response of 1765
    1. Colonial Petitions
    2. Stamp Act Congress
    3. Riots
  4. Corruption and Conspiracy
    1. Declaratory Acts
    2. Townshend Duties
      1. Letters of a Farmer - John Dickenson
    3. Boston Massacre
  5. Organized Resistance
    1. Gaspee Incident
    2. Boston Tea Party
    3. Intolerable Acts
    4. First Continental Congress
      1. Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms
    5. Lexington and Concord
  6. The Theoretical Basis of Revolt
    1. The Rights of Englishmen/Natural Rights
    2. British Conspiracy Against Liberty

Significant Terms:

Plan of Albany Seven Years War Pontiac's Rebellion
Proclamation Line Sugar Act Stamp Act
George Grenville Virtual Representation Declaratory Act
Townshend Duties Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty Committees of Correspondence Samuel Adams
Intolerable Acts 1st Continental Congress Thomas Paine
Lexington & Concord Olive Branch Petition Radical Whigs

Study Questions:

Why did the British government become more involved in the colonies after 1763? How did it govern the colonies before 1750? Explain the chronology of events that led to the War of Independence.

Why did many Americans interpret Britain's attempt to centralize its colonial empire as a sinister conspiracy against American liberty and property?

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