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A 5 page research paper that examines the thesis proposed by historian Stephen S .Webb in his book '1676: The End of American Independence.' Webb suggests that the root cause of the discord during 1676 was the independent ways of the American colonists and that their submission to empire was its cure. The writer argues against this position, while discussing the details of Bacon's Rebellion and King Philip's War. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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something totally new was begun. However, in his book, "1676: The End of American Independence," Stephen Saunders Webb, a professor of history at Syracuse University, contends that a full century
before the American Revolution, the colonies were already enjoying the benefits of independence. This early freedom was brought to an end, according to Webb, by the disastrous events of 1676.
Webb suggests that the root cause of the discord during 1676 was the independent ways of the American colonists and that t heir submission to empire was its cure
(McFeely, 1984). While it is true that there is a long history of unthinking destruction between Native Americans and their European descended enemies, it is not necessarily given that
Native Americans would find imperial authorities from England any more trustworthy than locally-chosen governors or the colonists themselves. In the courts of Northampton, Massachusetts, the records show that prior to
1676, a Native American could receive restitution for a stolen canoe. This item can be interpreted as a clue that not all peacemaking in the American colonies had to await
action taken in the imperial capitals. Competing viewpoints have been presented by other historians that appear to be much more likely then Webbs central thesis. This perspective credits, not
the governors, for achieving peace, but rather credits the anarchically self-governed people of the frontier with the mutuality of the Covenant Chain agreement and concludes that the "vast web of
intersocietal exchange persists in some regions even to the present day" (McFeely, 1984, p. 13). Bacons Rebellion was the first of the wars of 1676. In his discussion of this
conflict, Webb asserts that the revolt served as a "forecast" of the American Revolution because it threatened the authority of the British monarch, himself, as well as his governor, Sir
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