In 1763, colonists across British North America could not have been prouder to be members of the British Empire. Fighting shoulder to shoulder with redcoat soldiers, the colonists had trounced their mutual enemies in the French and Indian War. In towns and cities across America, colonists toasted King George, his ministers, and his military. In this  course, University of Maryland historian Richard Bell explores the tumultuous thirteen years between 1763 and 1776.