England's Rebellious Colonies, Colonies to Colossus, #39

At the end of the French and Indian War in 1763, British colonists in North America were ecstatic over the British victory--the French had been expelled from North America. No one was thinking of rebellion against the Mother Country, let alone independence yet, in twelve short years the colonists went from being overjoyed to openly rebellious. In this podcast we take a general look at the factors that ultimately caused the Colonies to Rebel against the Mother Country and how it happened so quickly.

[@s4usea]

The book Autumn of the Black Snake puts forward the theory that the Quebec Act of 1774 was a, if not the tipping point for Virginia planters to include Washington, as their land claims West of the Ohio river were rendered invalid. Have you looked into this? I hadn't read about it prior to this book, so I'm wondering how much currency this point of view has.

[@ronmiddlebrook8431]

Good comment. I'll have to investigate this (I always assume there's more to learn) but even if true it doesn't explain why the other colonies threw out the king. Thanks for the lead.

[@s4usea]

@@ronmiddlebrook8431 in a nod to the French that were now British in Canada, the person the King appointed to administer it was also Catholic which must have gone over really well with the Colonists, but the whole affair casts the now more land-poor Washington in a different light when he shows up to Congress in uniform a few months later as well as him being the largest land owner in the colonies after they won.