The American Revolution did not begin and end in Boston. The backcountry in the South was an especially important region in the struggle for American independence. Professor Edgar examines the complicated factors that influenced the conflict in this region, including Southerners’ reactions to the Stamp Act and Townsend Duties and the political empowerment of backcountry farmers who the colonial elite had previously ignored.
Part 1 of 11: Southern Settlement Along the Proclamation Line (6:01)
Part 2 of 11: Irony of the Coming of the Revolution in the South (3:19)
Part 3 of 11: South Carolina Comparable to the West Indies (2:20)
Part 4 of 11: Southern Economy Export Crops: Cotton and More (4:35)
Part 5 of 11: Subsistence Farmers in the Backcountry (2:09)
Part 6 of 11: Stamp Act and the Townsend Duties in the Backcountry (3:02)
Part 7 of 11: Rights for Whom? (5:53)
Part 8 of 11: Politically Empowered Backcountry Inhabitants (2:27)
Part 9 of 11: Virginia and South Carolina Revolutionaries Contrasted (5:29)
Part 10 of 11 :Union Would Not Be Formed Without Slavery (8:23)
Part 11 of 11: One of History’s Great and Tragic Coincidences (8:17)