The Logic Of Revolution

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1. The Revolutionary Paradox
   1. Pride in Being British
      1. British Culture the Standard of Excellence
      2. Economic Advantage
      3. The Heritage of British Freedom
      4. The Reflected Glory of British Military Might
   2. Paul Revere--"The British Are Coming!"--Huh?
2. The Problem of the Revolution
   1. The Easy Way--Villainous Brits vs. Virtuous "Patriots"
   2. The Hard Problems
      1. Triviality of Colonial Complaints
      2. Tories--Just Who Were the "Patriots"?
3. An Approach to an Explanation--The British Origins of American Radicalism
   1. The British Revolutionary Heritage
      1. Celebration
      2. Dissent--The Revolution Betrayed
         1. The Cesspool of London
            1. Poverty--"Rabble" for Sale
            2. Degenerate Wealth--Playboys for Sale--"Placemen"
         2. Parliament Corrupted by the Court--Sir Robert Walpole
      3. The Dissenters
         1. The "Commonwealthmen"--Who Needs a King?
         2. The "Country Party"--The Rural "Squirearchy" as the Locus of Virtue
   2. The Colonies as "Country"
      1. Widespread (White) Landownership--Independence and Virtue
      2. The Poor (Slaves)
         1. Literally Bought and Paid For
         2. Under Control of the Landowners, Not the Crown
      3. The Need for Vigilance Against Crown Assaults on Liberty
4. The Course of Events
   1. London's Case--The Consequences of the Seven Years' War
      1. Heavy Debt
      2. New Policing Burdens
      3. The Colonies as Slackers
   2. The Issue Raised--The Stamp Act Crisis (1765)
      1. London's Side
         1. A Small, Needed Tax
         2. The Sovereignty of Parliament--"Virtual Representation"
      2. The Colonial Side--"No Taxation Without Representation"
         1. Colonial Assemblies as "Little Parliaments"
         2. Desire to Keep Fiscal Control Over Royal Officials
         3. Threat to Personal Independence--"The Power to Tax is the Power to Destroy"
   3. The Colonists' Fears Reinforced
      1. A New Imperial Bureaucracy--The Vice-Admiralty Courts (1767-68) and "Customs Racketeering"
      2. Military Occupation and Suppression--The "Boston Massacre" (1770)
      3. Coercion--The Boston Tea Party (1773) and the "Intolerable Acts" (1774)
      4. The King Wars on His Own People (1775-1776)
5. "A Long Train of Abuses and Usurpations"