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Part 2: ‘Tea and Freedom’, the American Revolution, 1774–83
A study of British control of the North American colonies, challenges to it and the reasons for its eventual breakdown, illustrating the themes of authority, rights and revolution.
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Growing tension between Britain and the American colonies, to 1774
- Authority of King and Parliament in the colonies; tensions created by the defeat of France in 1763; new ways of raising revenue: Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Duties, tea duties. Colonial resistance: arguments and organisation. Confrontation: non-importation agreements, Boston Massacre; Gaspee incident; Boston Tea Party.
Colonists’ moves towards independence, 1774–1776
- Outbreak of war: escalation of conflict; Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga. Colonial loyalists such as Flora Macdonald and British sympathisers with America, e.g. Burke and Tom Paine.
The spread of the war
- Spread of the war; nature of the fighting; experience of soldiers in both armies.
American victory
- How the colonies grew closer, militarily and politically. George Washington; Continental Congresses; the Declaration of Independence.
- Turning points in the war: Saratoga, French intervention, Yorktown. Reasons why Canada remained British. Reasons for American victory and British defeat.
References for Part 2: ‘Tea and Freedom’, the American Revolution, 1774–83
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