The forth war in a series of Wars between England and France- fighting was concentrated in America unlike prior

• Start- French built a chain of forts to stop British growth westward. Gvr. of Virginia send GW to win ctrl but he surrenders after a minor victory This starts war
• The British Win in the end, British Aquired Spaish florida and French Canada Britian now Dominant in world
• Think colonies as lazy, didnt help
• Colonies not impressed by British leadership, resentment

General in French-Indian War led expedition in Virginia and ended in disatorous defeat

Provided for an Intercolinial government and a system for recruiting troops and collectin taxed form the various colinies for their common defense

- Plan never took effect was precedent for revolutionary congresses in the 1770s

• Britain aquired French Canada and Spanish Florida
• End of French-Indian War

• Britain excercising little direct ctrl over the colinies  and not enforcing the navigation laws regulating colonial trade.
• Abandoned after French Indian War b/c saw need to adopt more forceful policies for takin ctrl of thei expanded North American dominians

• Rebellion of Native Americans in 1763 led by Chief Pontiac Whom attacked colonial settlements on western frontier.
• British set troops to deal with "rebellion" instead of relying on colonial forces

• prohibited colonists from settling wast of the Appalachian Mts
• Britain hoped the measure would prevent future hostilities between colonists and Native Americans
• Colonists reacted with anger and defieance - wanted to reap benefits of French-Indian war
• thousands streamed westward beyond the boundry anyway

• placed duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries
• purpose was to raise money for crown

• to raise funds to support british military incolinies Britain passes a tax long in use in England
• Required revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies, including all legal  documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and advertisements.
• First direct tax collected from those who used the goods as opposed to the taxes on goods that were imported into the colonies, who wer paid by the merchants

• secret society organized for the purpose of intimidating tax agents.
• They tarred and deathered revenue officials and destroyed revenue stamps

• parliament repealed Stamp act b/c of boycotts in US and British merchant pressure
• Enacted the Declatory act which said parliament had the right to tax and make lows for colonies "in all cases whatsoever"

• new duties to be collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper
• also provided for the search of private homes for smuggled goods
• At first meet with little resistance b/c  they were indirect taxes Then James Otis and Sam Adams of MA and John Dickenson of PA argued focibly against it

• Townshend Repealed but Tea tax kept as a symbol of Britains right to tax- peace followed for 3 years
• People in Boston resented troops that were protecting costums officials for Sons of Liberty
• colonists harrased gaurds near customs house gaurds fired and killed 5 people including African American, Crispus Attucks, Troops acquitted at trial for murder

• British Customs ship that cought smugglers, ran aground in 1772 off RI.
• Colonists diguised as Native Americans ordered British off and Set fire to ship

• Tea Act was passed that set monolopy of British Tea, Made it cheaper then smuggled Dutch Tea but still no one bought it (for symbolic reasons)
• Shipment of Tea arrived and a group of Bostonians disguised as Native Americans boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into harbor
• some thought this was justifiable some far thought it was too radical

Series of acts in reataliation for Boston Tea Party

Coercive Acts and Quebec Act together

4 coercive acts

1. Port Act closed the port of Boston, prohibiting trade in and out of harbor until they destroyed Teas was payed for
2. Mass Gvt Act reduced the power of the Mass legislature while increasing power of royal Gvr
3. The administration of Justice Act allowed roal officailas of crimes to be tried in England insetead of the colonies
4. Fourth llaw expanding the Quartering Act to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes (applied to all colonies

• Law that organized Canadian lands gained from France accepted by French Canadians but resented by many of the 13 colonies
• Roman Catholisism of official religion of Quebec set up Rep. assembly and extened Quebecs noundry to Ohio rvr.

Europen movement in literature and philosophy

"darkness" of past ages could be corrected by the use of human reason in solving most of humanity's problems.

• 17th century philospher State (gvt) bound to follow "natural laws: baes on the rights that people have simply b/c they are human
• Sovreignty resides with the people rather than with the state, citizens had a right to and obligation to revolt against whatever gvt that failed to protect their rights
• Two Treatises of Government

• Belief that God had establish natural laws in creating the universe, role of divine intervention in human affairs was minimal
• believed in rationalism and trusted human reason to solve the many problems of life and society
• Philosophy derived form Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Profound influence on educated Americans in the 1760s and 1770s

Innitiated in 1772 by Sam Adams in Boston and other Mass towns, regulary exchanged letters about suspicious or potentially threatening British activities