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Disaffection: The First Continental Congress and American Identity
Season 3
The First Continental Congress, which comprised elected representatives from twelve of the thirteen American colonies, represented a direct challenge…
7 months ago
The Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts
Season 3
The colonial rejection of the Tea Act, especially the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, recast the decade-long argument between British coloni…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Townshend Acts and Colonial Protest
Season 3
Like the Stamp Act in 1765, the Townshend Acts led many colonists to work together against what they perceived to be an unconstitutional measure, gen…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Stamp Act and the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Season 3
Though Parliament designed the 1765 Stamp Act to deal with the financial crisis in the Empire, it had unintended consequences. Outrage over the act c…
7 months, 1 week ago
Confronting the National Debt: The Aftermath of the French and Indian War
Season 3
The British Empire had gained supremacy in North America with its victory over the French in 1763. Almost all of the North American territory east of…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Wars for Empire
Season 3
From 1688 to 1763, Great Britain engaged in almost continuous power struggles with France and Spain. Most of these conflicts originated in Europe, bu…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Great Awakening and Enlightenment
Season 3
The eighteenth century saw a host of social, religious, and intellectual changes across the British Empire. While the Great Awakening emphasized vigo…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
An Empire of Slavery and the Consumer Revolution
Season 3
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw the expansion of slavery in the American colonies from South Carolina to Boston. The institution of slav…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Glorious Revolution and the English Empire
Season 3
The threat of a Catholic absolute monarchy prompted not only the overthrow of James II but also the adoption of laws and policies that changed Englis…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Charles II and the Restoration Colonies
Season 3
After the English Civil War and interregnum, England began to fashion a stronger and larger empire in North America. In addition to wresting control …
7 months, 3 weeks ago