After April 19, 1775, the “contagion” of rebellion spread from Massachusetts to the other mainland colonies, despite (or, perhaps because of) the efforts of some Royal Governors efforts to stem it. How do the actions (and proclamations) of the Continental Congress that summer suggest the awkward predicament that many colonials felt themselves to be in? Do you think the fears of a British-slave “alliance” that swept through the Southern colonies the rest of that year were based on real evidence, masters’ paranoia, or a cynical attempt by Patriots to delegitimize British rule? Perhaps all of these? Might enslaved African-Americans, by their actions, deserve some credit for the Declaration of Independence? Might Governor Dunmore? Why, in February 1776, when they read in Common Sense that independence was both just and necessary, did most Americans finally agree?
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