May 1776: When Congress Told Britain It's Over

About this episode

Jeff discusses the events of May 1776 when Congress urged colonies to reject British rule, highlighting key resolutions and the role of armed citizens.

Send us Fan Mail In May 1776, Congress told every colony to throw off British authority — weeks before the Declaration of Independence was even written. Jeff covers the pivotal resolutions, Virginia's bold move, the collapsing Canadian campaign, and why armed citizens were the only thing that gave those political declarations any real teeth. This is the Road to 250 series, and we're getting close to July 4th, 1776. subscribe to my newsletter Follow this link and get $25 in ammo. Fountain ...

People in this episode

Host: Jeff

Topics covered

• American Revolution
• 2nd Amendment
• political history
• armed citizens
• Declaration of Independence
• Congress
• colonial authority

Keywords

• May 1776
• Congress
• British authority
• armed citizens
• Virginia
• Declaration of Independence
• July 4th

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Britain, Virginia, Canada

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