Chapter 05 - The American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Onset of crisis
- Pre-1763 consolidation of imperial authority
- Emerging split over British-colonial relations
- British perspective
- Subordinate position of colonies
- Obligation of colonies to share in cost of empire
- "Virtual representation"
- American perspective
- Equality of colonies and mother country
- No taxation without representation
- British perspective
- Initial skirmishes
- Writs of assistance against smuggling
- Proclamation of 1763
- Sugar Act
- Revenue Act
- Currency Act
- Stamp Act crisis
- Provisions of Stamp Act
- Indignation in colonies
- Coalescence of opposition
- Virginia resolutions
- Stamp Act Congress
- Boycott of British goods
- Public demonstrations
- Committees of Correspondence
- Sons of Liberty
- Crowd actions
- Breadth of opposition
- Colonial elites
- Middling ranks
- Laboring classes
- Repeal of Stamp Act; passage of Declaratory Act
- Internal colonial disputes
- South Carolina Regulators
- North Carolina Regulators
- Hudson Valley rent wars
- Green Mountain land wars
- The road to revolution
- Townshend crisis
- Provisions of Townshend duties
- Colonial response
- Revival of boycott on British goods
- American-made goods as symbol of resistance
- Reawakening of popular protest
- Boston Massacre
- Stationing of troops in Boston
- The Massacre
- Popular indignation
- An uneasy calm
- Repeal of Townshend duties; withdrawal of troops from Boston
- Lifting of boycott
- Persisting suspicions of Britain
- John Wilkes controversy
- Anglican church rumors
- Tea and Intolerable Acts
- Tea Act
- Roots in global commercial developments
- Contents
- Colonial response
- Resistance in ports
- Boston Tea Party
- Intolerable Acts
- Quebec Act
- Tea Act
- Townshend crisis
- The coming of independence
- Suffolk Resolves
- First Continental Congress
- Prominence of participants
- Patrick Henry
- Endorsement of Suffolk Resolves
- Adoption of Continental Association
- Authorization of Committees of Safety
- Committees of Safety
- Displacement of established governments by extralegal bodies
- Expansion of "political nation"
- Edging toward independence
- Pervasive talk of liberty
- From "rights of Englishmen" to "natural rights"
- Outbreak of war
- Battles of Lexington and Concord
- Surrender of Fort Ticonderoga
- Boston
- Siege
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- British withdrawal
- Establishment of Continental Army, under Washington's command
- Dispatch of British troops to suppress rebellion
- Colonial ambivalence over independence
- Thomas Paine's Common Sense
- Content
- Denunciation of hereditary rule, monarchical government, colonial subordination
- Promotion of independence, political democracy, citizens' rights, free trade, insulation from imperial wars
- Impact
- Mass appeal
- Groundswell for independence
- Content
- Declaration of Independence
- Issuance
- Content
- Grievances against crown
- Defining principles
- National sovereignty
- Human equality
- Natural rights
- Government by consent of governed
- Right of revolution
- From property to "happiness"
- America as beacon of universal freedom
- Progress of the war
- Balance of power
- British advantages
- Military superiority
- Divisions among Americans
- American advantages
- Military experience
- Home turf
- Passion for independence
- Limits of British resolve
- Popular resentment against predatory Redcoats
- Aid from Britain's rivals
- British advantages
- Black soldiers in the Revolutionary War
- On American side
- On British side
- First years of the war
- General William Howe's pursuit of Washington
- Washington's eluding of Howe at New York City
- Washington's surprise attacks at Trenton and Princeton
- American victory at Saratoga
- British occupation of Philadelphia
- Washington at Valley Forge
- American alliance with France and Spain
- Sagging fortunes of revolutionary cause
- British recruitment of southern loyalists, slaves
- British occupations of Savannah, Charleston
- Shortage of funds
- Defection of Benedict Arnold
- Disgruntlement among soldiers
- Toward victory
- American victories at Cowpens, South Carolina, and Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
- Siege and surrender of Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown
- Opening of peace negotiations
- Treaty of Paris, recognizing American independence
- Balance of power
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