The Empire in Transition

Loosening Ties Benefits of being in British Empire Changing relationship – Glorious Revolution – Corrupt Royal officials – Colonial Assemblies – Albany Plan of Union

Struggles for Continent British vs. French – King William's War – Queen Anne's War – King George's War – 7 Years' War (French and Indian War) French alliances with Native Americans Iroquois Confederacy Ohio Valley – Ft. Dusquesne – Start of French and Indian War

French and Indian War 1754 to 1756 colonists fought with little assistance Br. Gen. Edward Braddock – Defeat in Ohio Valley Expansion of war to Europe – Prime Minister William Pitt – Impressments – Confiscation of goods – Fall of Quebec and Montreal Peace of Paris (1763) British view of effort of colonists in the war Effect of war on the colonies

New Imperialism End of Salutary Neglect Shift from commercial to territorial imperialism King George III George Grenville Pontiac's Rebellion Proclamation of 1763 Further colonial acts – Quartering Act – Sugar Act – Currency Act – Stamp Act Paxton Boys and Regulator Movement

Stirrings of Revolt Virginia Resolves – Patrick Henry Stamp Act Congress Sons of Liberty Declaratory Act Charles Townshend – Townshend Acts – Mass. Circular Letter – Board of Customs Commissioners – Non importation agreement – Repeal of acts in 1770

Stirrings of Revolt Troops in Boston – Competition with colonists – Boston Massacre – Committee of Correspondence – Samuel Adams Whig Ideology – Beliefs about government – Virtual Representation – Actual Representation Gaspee Incident

Stirrings of Revolt Tea Act – British East India Company – Monopoly – Colonial Response – Daughters of Liberty Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) – Closed port of Boston – Quartering of Troops – Limited Self-government – Quebec Act

Colonial Cooperation and War