Henretta • Brody • Dumenil
America’s History
Sixth Edition
CHAPTER 5
Toward Independence:
Years of Decision
1763–1776
Copyright © 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
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
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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
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Map 5.1 Eurasian Trade and European Colonies, c. 1770 (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)