Soured British-Colonial Respect Pompous British Officer’s blind use of “Civilized” European Warfare against Frontier Guerilla fighting of France’s Native Allies British disregard for lives of Colonial frontier settlers British Policy Changes after the war
End of Salutary Neglect Sugar Act: lowered tax on Molasses but strict enforcement Voice—Representation Stamp Act: No taxation w/o representation Stamp Act Congress Rights: Writs of Assistance: searches w/o warrant Quartering Act: invasion of privacy
Mercantilism Currency Act: Restrictions on Industry Taxes Townshend Acts Land Proclamation of 1763 Quebec Act: French Canadian fur traders
Harvard Lawyers: James Otis Boston Massacre John Hancock & Samuel Adams Sons of Liberty Boston Tea Party
Punish Boston & Massachusetts for Tea Party 1 st Continental Congress Lexington & Concord British failed to arrest Adams & Hancock 2 nd Continental Congress Declaration of Independence