1. The Road to the American Revolution
Case Studies:
Colonial & British Propaganda,
Cartoons Protesting the Stamp Act
The Boston Massacre,
The Boston Tea Party, &
the Battles of Lexington & Concord

2. Political cartoon: MAGNA Britannia: her Colonies REDUC'D, ca. 1766
Engraving: Designed by Franklin, and drawn and engraved by an unknown artist, this cartoon was distributed by Franklin among his London associates as part of his campaign to have the Stamp Act repealed.

3. The Repeal or the Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp: A satiric cartoon
commemorating repeal of the Stamp Act, c. 1766

4. The Boston Massacre: 1770
Boston Massacre of 1770
by Paul Revere

5. The Boston Massacre: 1770
Boston Massacre. Henry Pelham, stepbrother of painter John Singleton Copley. Pelham published his design nearly two weeks after Paul Revere's.

6. The Boston Tea Party: 1773

7. The Boston Tea Party:1773

8. The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, 1774 British propaganda print referring to the tarring and feathering of Boston Commissioner of Customs John Malcolm four weeks after the Boston Tea Party. The men also poured hot tea down Malcolm's throat as can be seen.

9. Bostonians in Distress. Description: "The Bostonians in Distress
Bostonians in Distress. Description: "The Bostonians in Distress." Copy mezzotint attributed to Philip Dawe, 1774

10. Cartoon depicting the rough
treatment of a barber’s customer
once his identity as a British
officer was revealed 1775

11. Lexington & Concord: 1775

12. Lexington & Concord: 1775