1760–1770: Taxes, Tension, and the Road to Revolution
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Victory in the French and Indian War brought Britain glory — but also massive debt and new taxes on the American colonies. In this episode, Jim Rand explores the growing friction of the 1760s: the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the emotional divide between King George III’s government and its increasingly frustrated colonial subjects.
From “No Taxation Without Representation” to early colonial assemblies and the shift toward agriculture on the frontier, this…
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