The French and Indian War and the Origins of the American RevolutionFrench and Indian War (1754-1763)  Land disputes over the Ohio valley  British colonial population advantages  Some Native tribes ally with the French (Huron, Algonquin)  Braddock defeat and failed invasion of French Canada (1755)  William Pitt and increased use of British regulars  Quebec falls (1759) then Montreal (1760)The Peace Treaty of Paris (1763)  All land east of Mississippi River to England (includes French Canada)  All French claims west of the River to Spain  Florida to England, Cuba returned to SpainConsequences of the French War  English debt doubles in size  Customs enforcement increases  Proclamation Line of 1763 announced  Conflicting western land claims among colonies  Increasing British contempt of American colonistsBritish Revenue Enforcement  Sugar Act (tariffs on sugar, coffee, wine)  Admiralty courts to hear smuggling cases  No juries, trials at sea (customs officials get percentage of forfeitures)  “Taxation without representation” and “virtual” representation argumentsThe Stamp Act and Colonial Resistance (1764-1766)  Direct tax on printed materials (documents, papers)  Boycotts and violent resistance (Sons of Liberty) Stamp Act Congress (1765) in New York  Repeal of Act (1766)  Declaratory Act and Parliamentary supremacy (1766)The Quartering (1766) and Townshend (1767) Acts  Colonies must pay for housing of Redcoats  Taxes on tea, glass, paint, paper, lead  Boycotts (circular letters)  Repeal of Townshend Act (1767) except tax on teaThe Boston “Massacre”  Rioting civilians and are fired upon (1770)  Paul Revere and colonial propagandaThe Boston Tea Party (1773)  British East India Company and surplus tea  Direct sale with Townshend duties levied  Colonial opposition to taxed sales  “Indians” dump tea into Boston HarborCoercive Acts (1774)  Close port of Boston  Ends self-government of Massachusetts  Appointed assembly  Treason trials in EnglandThe Quebec Act (1774)  Toleration of Catholicism  Massachusetts land claims to Quebec  Appointed Canadian