In the aftermath of Lexington and Concord everybody was stuck figuring out exactly what it all meant. Were they now at war with Great Britain? If so, what were they fighting for? Was it reconciliation or was it independence? At roughly the same time that fighting is happening in Massachusetts, in Virginia Lord Dunmore will make a play to get control over the worsening situation. It was a move that would backfire in spectacular fashion and push Virginia to the brink of war.
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4.18 The Pause in Politics
4.17 Trial and Aftermath
4.16 The Boston Massacre
4.15 1769
4.14 The Liberty Riots
4.13 The Circular Letter
4.12 Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
4.11 The Townshend Acts
4.10 Internal Divisions
4.9 The Legacy of 1765
4.8 The Stamp Act Congress
4.7 The Stamp Act Riots
4.6 The Stamp Act
4.5 A Spoon Full of Sugar
4.4 A Changing Colonial Outlook
4.3 The End of Pontiac’s Rebellion
4.2 Pontiac’s Rebellion
4.1 Dangerous Frontiers
3.45 Questions and Answers
3.44 A Retrospective Review of the Colonial Era
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