This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Quebec Act, issued by British Parliament, which further agitated colonists who were still reeling from the Stamp Act.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Stamp Act, a British tax on all printed material, from marriage licenses to playing cards. It infuriated colonists.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces England's attempts to regulate colonial trade by passing the Navigation Acts—which included adding new taxes and controlling seaports. Americans were angered by the acts of legislation even though they helped stimulate the economy.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary uses two contemporary cartoons of the 1850s to illustrate the way in which many Southerners rationalized the institution of slavery as somehow being positive for blacks.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces indentured servitude, which plantation owners offered laborers in order to attract them to the colonies. In exchange for travel expenses, these laborers were expected to work the land for several years.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces joint-stock companies, which financed the settlement of colonies in the New World. These private companies raised money by selling stock and eventually rewarding investors with the profits from American goods.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the U.S. division about which side to support when Britain and France were at war after the French Revolution.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the selection of the commanding general needed to lead the new Continental Army. John Adams convinced the Second Continental Congress to elect George Washington as the commander-in-chief.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Boston Tea Party, which followed Britain's attempts to compromise by taxing tea after several attempts to tax the American colonies failed. Colonial radicals led by Samuel Adams of Boston were incensed and dumped the British tea into Boston Harbor.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the continuation of the American Revolution for another two years following the defeat of the British at Yorktown in 1781.

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