“The Road to 1776” program and the Lyon County Historical Society Annual Meeting is on Thursday, April 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the Lyon County Museum, 301 W Lyon Street in Marshall. This event is free will donation and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served, followed by the business meeting and the program by Dr. Anita Talsma Gaul at 6:30 p.m.
At the conclusion of the Seven Years’ War in 1763, Great Britain and the American colonies were on the best of terms. The war had strengthened their common identity and solidified the bonds of empire. Yet at the same time, the war also planted the seeds of mutual misunderstanding and suspicion. Just thirteen years later, in 1776, the American colonists declared their independence from Great Britain, signaling their intent to permanently break the political bonds between them. What caused the relationship between Great Britain and its American colonies to collapse so rapidly? In this presentation, Dr. Anita Gaul explains the steps that led from the war that fused the bonds of empire to the war that broke them forever.
Gaul is an historian who currently teaches at Minnesota West Community & Technical College and whose work focuses on local and regional history.
For more information, contact the Lyon County Museum at 507-537-6580 or [email protected]
