America’s History Sixth Edition CHAPTER 5 Toward Independence: Years of Decision 1763–1776 Copyright © 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin’s Henretta Brody Dumenil

Imperial Reform, 1763–1765 The Legacy of War George Grenville: Imperial Reformer An Open Challenge: The Stamp Act

The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765–1770 Politicians Protest and the Crowd Rebels Ideological Roots of Resistance Parliament Compromises, 1766 Charles Townshend Steps In America Debates and Resists Again Lord North Compromises, 1770

The Road to Independence, 1771–1776 The Compromise Ignored The Continental Congress Responds The Countryside Rises Up Loyal Americans The Compromise Fails The Second Continental Congress Organizes for War Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Independence Declared

Chapter 5 Toward Independence: Years of Decision 1763–1776 Map 5.1 Eurasian Trade and European Colonies, c (p. 139) Map 5.2 Britain’s American Empire in 1763 (p. 141) Map 5.3 British Troop Deployments, 1763–1775 (p. 150) Map 5.4 British Western Policy, 1763–1774 (p. 156) Figure 5.1 The Growing Power of the British State, 1690–1780 (p. 140) Figure 5.2 Trade as a Political Weapon, 1763–1776 (p. 151) British Troops Occupy Concord, 1775 (p. 136) Patriot Propaganda (p. 152) The Boston Tea Party (p. 153) “An Attempt to Land a Bishop in America,” 1768 (p. 155) “The Bostonians in Distress,” 1774 (p. 155) Political Propaganda: The Empire Strikes Back (p. 161)