We are ready to move on to the next thing, an escalation of things of sorts, the Townshend Acts. 

Taxation without representation as the cause for Revolution? That is one cause, yes, but let's give credit to this new way to think about the rights of the individual which sprung out of the age of the Enlightenment. Once Britain infringed on the rights of colonial Americans once, it could happen again and the people needed to stand up to make sure liberty, their property, their natural right, was protected. 

The end of the Stamp Act is a little strange and like so many other parts of the American Revolution, unexpected and complicated. It was Patrick Henry who began speaking out about the Act, the riotous mobs threatened all loyalists who even thought about collecting such a tax. But now, how will Britain respond and why do they respond the way they do?

Does a mob fit in with the ideals of the American Revolution?

In this episode, are going to cover the British response to the end of the French and Indian War and the natural reaction of the colonists to that response. From here on out, each episode, each interaction between the colonists and the Brits is a clear step closer to revolution and eventually independence.

In this episode, we get to some of the really big causes and influences on the American Revolution. Today, we are talking about the French and Indian War. It is the first real cause or step towards the Revolution. The French and Indian War is part of a global conflict that took place between Britain, France, Spain and many others over colonial land and trading. Why this war matters is who came out of it as a hero, George Washington, and why the results of the war became a cause for revolution.

In the previous five episodes, we've covered five cultural regions of the 13 colonies up until the eve of the American Revolution. What we haven't covered are the British. England. The mother country of these 13 North American colonies. In this episode we will discuss the monarchs which headed up the Empire, the nature of parliament and England's relationship with the colonies.

Today we are talking Pennsylvania, founded with Quaker sensibilities in mind, the colony was lead with pacifism and tolerance, but on the eve of the American Revolution, the old ways of thinking in Pennsylvania would not do and control of the colony moved away from its founding in favor of independence.

The Deep South, the subject of this week's episode, will have things in common with all three, as we learn about the founding of the deep south, what cultural features it had (and still has) and how its founding impacted its role in the American Revolution. The Deep South, also known as the "Lower South" would eventually be states like Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. But for today and our purposes for the American Revolution, we will focus mostly on South Carolina with a little Georgia and Florida mixed in.