7. Being a Revolutionary
Class of 1954 Professor of History and American Studies
This lecture examines the escalating tensions between American colonists and British authorities, analyzing divergent conceptions of imperial relationship, the emergence of non-importation associations and committees of correspondence, and the colonial reactions to the Tea Act culminating in the Boston Tea Party.
The American Revolution (HIST 116)
Professor Freeman continues her discussion of the Boston Massacre and how it represented a growing sense of alienation between the American colonists and the British authorities. The Americans and British both felt that the colonies were subordinate to Parliament in some way, but differed in their ideas of the exact nature of the imperial relationship. This period saw the formation of non-importation associations to discourage merchants from importing British goods, as well as committees of correspondence to coordinate resistance. One instance of such resistance occurred in December 1773, when Boston radicals who were frustrated with the Tea Act threw shipments of tea into Boston Harbor.
6. Resistance or Rebellion? (Or, What the Heck is Happening in Boston?)
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