CHAPTER 5 ROADS TO REVOLUTION, 1750–1776

Triumph and Tensions: The British Empire, 1750–1763 A Fragile Peace, 1750–1754 The Seven Years’ War in America, 1754–1760 The End of French North America, 1760–1763 Anglo-American Friction Frontier Tensions

The Seven Years’ War in North America 1754–1760

European Territorial Claims, 1763

Imperial Authority, Colonial Opposition, 1760–1766 Writs of Assistance, 1760–1761 The Sugar Act, 1764 The Stamp Act Crisis, 1765–1766 Ideology, Religion, and Resistance Resistance Resumes, 1766–1770

Opposing the Quartering Act, 1766–1767 Crisis Over the Townshend Duties, 1767–1770 Women and Colonial Resistance 139 Customs “Racketeering,” 1767–1770 “Wilkes and Liberty,” 1768–1770

The Deepening Crisis, 1770–1774 The Boston Massacre, 1770 The Committees of Correspondence, 1772–1773 Conflicts in the Backcountry The Tea Act, 1773

Toward Independence, 1774–1776 Liberty for African-Americans The “Intolerable Acts” The First Continental Congress From Resistance to Rebellion Common Sense Declaring Independence