2.  Imperial Wars  Spain vs. Great Britain vs. France  King William’s War &Queen Anne’s War  Quebec  Native Americans  Nova Scotia/Trading Rights  King George’s War  Iraq... I mean Georgia  Colonial Rebellions  18 uprisings against colonial gov’t  Six major black uprisings  40 riots

3.  Other major wars, no interest in troops in colonies  French and Indian War/ Seven Years War, started in the colonies  Professional troops

4.  France builds forts in Ohio River Valley  VA sends small militia under George Washington  Early success, eventual surrender to French and Native American forces

5.  VA sends another expedition  General Edward Braddock  2000 troops routed  Native Americans attacked from PA to NC  Britain fails in Canadian invasion TWICE

6.  Developed by Franklin  Inter-Colonial gov’t  Recruit troops  Collect taxes  Never took effect

7.  New PM strategy to conquer Canada  Eventually took Louisbourg, Quebec, Montreal  Treaty signed in 1763

9.  Supremacy for Great Britain  No more constant threat for colonists  British thought colonists were weak  Colonists proud of record they could defend themselves  Not impressed with British tactics  $

11.  Poverty skyrocketed  Colonial Trade: 500,000 pounds in 1700; by 1770 was worth 2,800,000 pounds.  Wealth in the hands of a few  (Boston: 5% controlled 49% of wealth)  Growth of lower-class resentment  “I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow, as most of you are and obliged to go thro' good report and evil report, for bitter bread, earned under the frowns of some who have no natural or divine right to be above me, and entirely owe their grandeur and honor to grinding the faces of the poor.... “ – James Otis