Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution

[1] Self-evident truths [2] Ideas and ideologies [3] Europeans of colonial America [4] Natives and slaves of colonial America [5] Colonies in Atlantic world, c. 1750 [6] Seven Years' War [7] British constitution [8] George III and politics of empire [9] Politics in British America before 1760 [10] James Otis and writs of assistance case [11] Search for order and revenue [12] Stamp Act and rebellion in streets [13] Parliament digs in its heels, 1766–1767 [14] Crisis of representation [15] Logic of loyalty and resistance [16] Franklin and search for reconciliation [17] Boston Massacre [18] British Empire and Tea Act [19] Boston Tea Party and Coercive Acts [20] First Continental Congress [21] Lexington and Concord [22] Second Continental Congress and Bunker Hill [23] Thomas Paine and Common Sense [24] British seizure of New York [25] Declaration of Independence [26] War for New York and New Jersey [27] Saratoga, Philadelphia, and Valley Forge [28] Creation of state constitutions [29] Jefferson's statute for religious freedom [30] Franklin, Paris, and French alliance [31] Articles of Confederation [32] Yorktown and end of war [33] Treaty of Paris of 1783 [34] Crises of 1780s [35] African Americans and Revolution [36] Constitutional Convention [37] United States Constitution [38] Antifederalist critique [39] Federalists' response [40] Bill of Rights [41] Politics in 1790s [42] Alien and Sedition Acts [43] Election of 1800 [44] Women and American Revolution [45] Revolution and Native Americans [46] American Revolution as social movement [47] Reflections by revolutionary generation [48] Meaning of Revolution