HIST-211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 84: Boston Massacre, Quebec Act, Mercantilism
23 Sep 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
A secret fraternal organization dedicated to asserting political rights of british colonists in. Its members included samuel adams, benedict anderson, paul revere, and others. A levelling spirit and disdain for entrenched aristocratic privilege. Intersections with radical movement in britain (john wilkes). Enlightenment emphasis on secular, rational government, freedom of speech, assembly and expression. However, rebellion was led by a colonial, slave owning elite. Fight for liberty was confined to the fight for liberty for a small, wealthy white male elite. Popular violence and radical protest also gripped london in the 1760s and 1770s. Those who led the revolt were mostly exempt from the elite: phillis wheatley (1753-84): the first published african-american poet, born in west africa and sold into slavery in north america at the age of 7. Her owners recognized her prodigious intellect and taught her to read. She wrote various poems and statements highlighting the plight of slaves during the american.
