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| French built forts in Ohio River valley to halt colonial westward expansion. The governor of Virginia sent small militia under George Washington. They won, but then surrendered to bigger French forces. |
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| Band of Native Americans attack colonists on the Western Frontier. The British didn’t let the colonists retaliate, and sent troop to put it down. |
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| : to avoid issues with Native Americans, colonists weren’t allowed to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists got angry from this. |
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| Repealed the Stamp Act, but asserted that Parliament had the right to tax and make laws “in all cases whatsoever” |
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| taxes on tea, glass, and paper. Approved the search of private homes with just a writ of assistance (warrant..) and suspended the NY assembly for defiance of the Quartering Act. |
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| The British called for colonial representatives and they all meet in Albany. They develop plan (Benjamin Franklin) for an inter-colonial system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes. It never took effect, but set a precedent for later congresses. General James Wolfe surrendered Quebec, and William Pitt became the new prime minister. The British won, and the French left the continent. |
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| Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania |
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| by John Dickenson. It argued for no taxation without representation. |
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