1. Conflicts in the Colonies

2. Review
What war did the English colonists fight in between 1754 and 1763?
How did the colonists and the American Indians view each other?
What bigger war was the French and Indian war a part of?
What treaty ended the French and Indian war?
Explain how the political map and the balance of power changed in North America following the French and Indian War?

3. Effects of the French and Indian War
The Colonies
Britain

4. Effect on the Colonies
They gained self-confidence and military experience.
They saw the need for colonial unity to meet common problems.
Had the danger of attack from Natives and the French removed from their frontiers.
Result: became less dependant on Britain.

5. Effect on Britain Tightened their control over the colonies because…
1. felt the colonies had not helped enough with soldiers and supplies in the war against France.
2. had gained a larger territory from the French and wanted to govern it more strictly.
3. thought the colonists should pay some of the costs of war.

6. Britain’s new policy for the colonies.
Three rules:
Place the colonies under strict political and economic control
Compel the colonies to obey English laws, and
Make the colonies bear their part of the cost of maintaining the British Empire.

7. Existing Laws Tightened
Navigation Acts
Transport goods from the colonies only in British ships
Export valuable crops only to Britain for manufacturing
Purchase their imports only from Britain
Pay import duties on good coming into Britain
1763 British Prime minister George Greenville sent customs collectors, inspectors, and naval patrols to enforce the lwas.

8. Existing Laws continued
British officials could search colonial homes, buildings, and ships with general search warrants
British officials were permitted to seize any goods they thought necessary

9. New Taxes Sugar Act (1764) Stamp Act (1765) Townshend Acts (1767)
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act 1765
Intolerable Acts