The Political History of the United States

4.18 The Pause in Politics

Following the trials of the Boston massacre there was a noticable pause in the biggest actions of the colonial radicals. That doesn't, however, mean that nothing was happening.
 
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4.17 Trial and Aftermath

In the wake of the Boston massacre the colonists found themselves needing to plot a path forward on how to respond.
 
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4.16 The Boston Massacre

Events reach a head on the night of March 5, 1770. 
 
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4.15 1769

The colonies find themselves facing both internal and external threats as everybody adjusts to non-importation.
 
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4.14 The Liberty Riots

Violence once again grips Boston following the seizure of the Liberty.
 
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4.13 The Circular Letter

James Otis Jr. and Samual Adams pen a letter that is about to help further unite the colonies and will enrage the British.
 
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4.12 Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer

John Dickinson helps wake everybody back up to the growing crisis.
 
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4.11 The Townshend Acts

Right when it looks like things might calm down, the British get everybody riled up once again. 
 
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4.10 Internal Divisions

As the colonies basked in their victory with the Stamp Act, deep divisions began to appear.
 
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4.9 The Legacy of 1765

If the Stamp Act stands as an inflection point in our story, we need to spend some time looking at just why that is.
 
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4.8 The Stamp Act Congress

Delegates from the colonies meet in New York to jointly issue a statement on the Stamp Act.
 
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4.7 The Stamp Act Riots

As news of the Stamp Act settles in, the Summer of 1765 explodes with violence.
 
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4.6 The Stamp Act

London, desperate to raise revnue, places a tax on all documents in North America. 
 
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4.5 A Spoon Full of Sugar

The British introduce a new set of regulations on sugar, something which the colonists are going to have a lot of thougts about. 
 
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4.4 A Changing Colonial Outlook

The British policy towards the colonies begins to change as the empire becomes increasingly desperate to raise revenue to deal with a debt crisis. This begins setting up the conditions for the looming imperial crisis.
 
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