In-depth interpretation of Colonial problems during the 1760's, that precipitated crisis, and development of "the proposition that all men are created equal" which underlies the U.S. Constitution.

The eighteenth-century world -- The British empire in the mid-eighteenth century -- The American colonies in the mid-eighteenth century -- The end of isolation -- The colonial response -- End of empire -- Independence -- The War of Independence -- The creation of a new empire -- Liberty and equality -- The federal solution -- The meaning of the American Revolution -- Chronology.