By early 1775, Massachusetts resistance had become organized and armed. Provincial leaders gathered military supplies at Concord; militia companies trained...
Read MoreIn 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act. It allowed the financially troubled East India Company to sell tea directly in...
Read MoreThe Townshend duties of 1767 taxed imported glass, lead, paper, paint and tea. Colonists renewed boycotts, while customs enforcement intensified....
Read MoreThe Stamp Act Congress brought delegates from nine colonies to New York, where they declared that only colonial representatives could...
Read MoreFrom Protest to Rebellion, 1763-1775 “The Revolution began before independence-with an argument over power, consent and the rights of British...
Read MoreThe French and Indian War began in 1754 as a struggle over the Ohio Valley and became part of a...
Read MoreIn the 1730s and 1740s, the Great Awakening swept through the colonies. Itinerant preachers spoke to large outdoor crowds, stressing...
Read MoreDistance from Britain required colonists to manage much of their daily public life. Royal governors represented imperial authority, but elected...
Read MoreNEW ENGLAND Rocky soil and a short growing season encouraged small farms, fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering and maritime trade. Compact towns...
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