Discusses the formation of the committees of correspondence movement starting with the first one in Boston in 1772. Includes supporting primary source documents and great resources for teachers including lesson plans.

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz

Thomas Jefferson's account of events leading up to and the actions of the First Continental Congress, including information about the Committees of Correspondence which communicated through Circular Letters.

Confronting the National Debt: The Aftermath of the French and Indian War
The Stamp Act and the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
The Townshend Acts and Colonial Protest
The Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts
Disaffection: The First Continental Congress and American Identity

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Describe the socio-political environment in the colonies in the early 1770s
Explain the purpose of the Tea Act of 1773 and discuss colonial reactions to it
Identify and describe the Coercive Acts