"The struggle between the English colonies and the parent state resulting in the recognition of a new and dominant nation in the western hemisphere is justly regarded as a revolution. Its preliminaries cover the twelve years between the peace of Paris in 1763 and the appeal to arms in 1775; but its causes are more remote. Up to the very beginning of hostilities the colonists disclaimed any desire for independence; yet it seems clear to us that unconsciously they had long been preparing themselves for that event. The origin of the Revolution is coeval with the earliest dawning of a sentiment of American union. Its assigned causes are, indeed, mainly economic and political. It was not a social revolution in the conventional sense; yet it was profoundly sociological in character. The conditions were favorable to the rise of a more united and a freer society in America; but this was hindered by the inertia of a colonial system which the American people had outgrown..." - George Elliott Howard
Contents: The French War Reveals an American People (1763). The British Empire under George III (1760-1775). The Mercantile Colonial System (1660-1775). The First Protest of Massachusetts (1761). The First Protest of Virginia (1758-1763). The First Act for Revenue from the Colonies (1763-1764). The Menace of the Stamp Act (1764-1765). America's Response to the Stamp Act (1765). The Repeal of the Stamp Act (1766). The Townshend Revenue Acts (1766-1767). First Fruits of the Townshend Acts (1768-1770). The Anglican Episcopate and the Revolution (1638-1775). Institutional Beginnings of the West (1768-1775). Royal Orders and Committees of Correspondence (1770-1773). The Tea-Party and the Coercive Acts (1773-1774). The First Continental Congress (1774). The Appeal to Arms (1774-1775). The Case of the Loyalists (1763-1775).
Contents: The French War Reveals an American People (1763). The British Empire under George III (1760-1775). The Mercantile Colonial System (1660-1775). The First Protest of Massachusetts (1761). The First Protest of Virginia (1758-1763). The First Act for Revenue from the Colonies (1763-1764). The Menace of the Stamp Act (1764-1765). America's Response to the Stamp Act (1765). The Repeal of the Stamp Act (1766). The Townshend Revenue Acts (1766-1767). First Fruits of the Townshend Acts (1768-1770). The Anglican Episcopate and the Revolution (1638-1775). Institutional Beginnings of the West (1768-1775). Royal Orders and Committees of Correspondence (1770-1773). The Tea-Party and the Coercive Acts (1773-1774). The First Continental Congress (1774). The Appeal to Arms (1774-1775). The Case of the Loyalists (1763-1775).
