Politics in Colonial Virginia

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Politics in Colonial Virginia

Pre-Independence

Virginia Time Line, 1760-1776
Historical Background-from the Stamp Act Crisis to Revolution

Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act
Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
William Pitt's Speech Against the Stamp Act
Print image: The Repeal, Or the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp (75k)
Print image: The Alternative of Williamsburg (105k)
Words to the song The Glorious Seventy Four

Summary View of the Rights of British America
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death"
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Post-Independence

Biographical Material:

Test your knowledge of American history

Listen to a Behind the Scenes Interview:
Declaration of Independence.
Bill Barker, interpreting Thomas Jefferson reads the Declaration of Independence.

(MP3, 2.7Mb) || View transcript

Listen to a Behind the Scenes Interview:
Law and Order.
Tom Hay talks about crime and punishment in 18th-century Williamsburg.

(MP3, 3.1Mb) || View transcript

This interview is part of an ongoing series of podcasts available on the Colonial Williamsburg site. Learn more.