1. The Political Foundation: Evolution and Revolution
“Those who give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”---Benjamin Franklin

2. The Roots of American Independence
The English Civil War & the Glorious Revolution
Enlightenment ideals & the Great Awakening
Colonial expansion: population, migration, the consumer revolution, & colonial government
The French & Indian (Seven Years) War
& Pontiac’s War

3. Mid-18th c. Colonial Trade

5. Allies & Enemies:
the French
the Indians
the British
the Americans

6. The British Imperial Crisis: The End of “salutary neglect”

7. The American-British Conflict
The essential issue of sovereignty
New taxes for government revenues
Indian trade to Quebec & protection of Catholics
New restrictive trade regulations
Increased customs duties

8. Admiralty courts, navy inspections & writs
of assistance (search warrants)
British army in colonial cities
Prohibition of colonial paper money
Favoritism in the tea trade
Parliamentary supremacy
Suppression of Massachusetts &
American trade

9. The American Response The Stamp Act & the Sons of Liberty
Forms of protest & opposition
The Continental Congresses
Common Sense
The Declaration of Independence

10. The American Revolution, 1775-1782

11. The creation of a new country’s government State constitutions
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”---Thomas Paine
The creation of a new country’s government
State constitutions
Republicanism
Natural rights
Limited government

12. Western Land Claims by the States

13. The Articles of Confederation

14. Summary 1. 2. 3. 4.