{"id":5079,"date":"2026-01-07T13:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/?page_id=5079"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:27:26","slug":"colonial-resistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/course-syllabus\/colonial-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonial Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/texts\/john-dickinson-the-liberty-song-1768\/\"><strong>Document Gateway:\u00a0 John Dickinson, &#8220;The Liberty Song&#8221; (1768)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-23-at-3.55.41%E2%80%AFPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-283\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-23-at-3.55.41%E2%80%AFPM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-23-at-3.55.41\u202fPM.png 976w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-23-at-3.55.41\u202fPM-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-23-at-3.55.41\u202fPM-768x274.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a>Excerpt from \u201cThe Liberty Song\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/database\/257\">Massachusetts Historical Society<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image Gateway:\u00a0 Boston Massacre (1770)<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/image-reveres-boston-massacre-engraving\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-580 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-918x1024.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-918x1024.png 918w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-768x857.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM.png 1090w\" alt=\"Boston Massacre\" width=\"584\" height=\"651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Revere\u2019s print depicting the Boston Massacre (1770)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The Colonial Crisis:\u00a0 A Timeline of Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>1763\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/royal_proclamation_1763\/\">Royal Proclamation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1764\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/sugar_act_1764.asp\">Sugar Act<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/curency_act_1764.asp\">Currency Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1765\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-resources\/spotlight-primary-source\/stamp-act-1765\">Stamp Act<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/sons-of-liberty-members-causes\">Sons of Liberty<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1765\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com\/the-regulations-lately-made-concerning-the-colonies-by-thomas-whately.html\">Thomas Whately\u2019s defense of Stamp Act<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.let.rug.nl\/usa\/documents\/1751-1775\/daniel-dulany-considerations-october-1765.php\">Daniel Dulany\u2019s response<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1766\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Franklin\/01-13-02-0035\">Benjamin Franklin\u2019s testimony before the House of Commons<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1766\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/repeal_stamp_act_1766.asp\">Repeal of Stamp Act<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/declaratory_act_1766.asp\">Declaratory Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1767\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/townsend_act_1767.asp\">Townshend Duties<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/deila.dickinson.edu\/theirownwords\/context\/0004.htm\">John Dickinson\u2019s Letters<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1768 <a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/the-constitution\/historic-document-library\/detail\/samuel-adams-and-james-otis-massachusetts-circular-letter-february-11-1768\">Mass Circular Letter<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/publications\/adams-papers\/index.php\/view\/ADMS-01-03-02-0016-0021\">Seizure of Hancock&#8217;s ship<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/texts\/john-dickinson-the-liberty-song-1768\/\">&#8220;Liberty&#8221; song<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1769\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/100259052\">William Knox\u2019s defense of Parliamentary sovereignty<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1770\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/image-reveres-boston-massacre-engraving\/\">Boston Massacre<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/british-repeal-hated-townshend-act\">Repeal of Townshend Duties (except tea)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1773\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Regulating-Act\">Relief for East India Company<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/revolution\/teaparty.php\">Boston Tea Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1774\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/revolution\/coercive.php\">Coercive or Intolerable Acts<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/library\/digitalhistory\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/first-continental-congress\/\">First Continental Congress<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Jefferson\/01-01-02-0094\">Association<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>1774\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/jeffsumm.asp\">Thomas Jefferson\u2019s \u201cSummary View\u201d pamphlet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1775\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/revolutionary-war\/battles\/lexington-and-concord\">Lexington &amp; Concord<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/revolution\/congress2.php\">Second Continental Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/billofrightsinstitute.org\/primary-sources\/common-sense\">Thomas Paine\u2019s Common Sense \/<\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/constpap.asp\">State constitutions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776 <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/abigail-and-john-adams-letters-1776\/\">Abigail Adams:\u00a0 Remember the Ladies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/declaration-of-independence-1776\/\">Declaration of Independence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Document Gateway:\u00a0 John Dickinson, &#8220;The Liberty Song&#8221; (1768) Excerpt from \u201cThe Liberty Song\u201d (Massachusetts Historical Society) Image Gateway:\u00a0 Boston Massacre (1770) Paul Revere\u2019s print depicting the Boston Massacre (1770) The Colonial Crisis:\u00a0 A Timeline of Documents 1763\u00a0\u00a0Royal Proclamation 1764\u00a0\u00a0Sugar Act\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Currency &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/course-syllabus\/colonial-resistance\/\">Continue reading <span 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