The Road to 1776

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Join Dr. Anita Gaul, historian, for a presentation about the years and events that led to American independence.

At the conclusion of the Seven Years’ War in 1763, Great Britain and the American colonies were on the best of terms. The war had strengthened their common identity and solidified the bonds of empire.

Yet at the same time, the war also planted the seeds of mutual misunderstanding and suspicion. Just thirteen years later, in 1776, the American colonists declared their independence from Great Britain, signaling their intent to permanently break the political bonds between them.

What caused the relationship between Great Britain and its American colonies to collapse so rapidly? In this presentation, Dr. Gaul explains the steps that led from the war that fused the bonds of empire to the war that broke them forever.