HIS250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: George Grenville, First Continental Congress, Olive Branch Petition
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Crown colonies by 1740: membership offered protection, with france, spain etc, left to govern themselves. The albany conference & plan prevent outbreak of war over disputed territories in the ohio river valley: iroquois, english and french, benj. Frank proposed federalism to start unified govn"t: hope to deal more direct with issues than britain could. Everyone refused, no one wanted to give up power. The seven years war (1754 (56) 1763: broke out btw brit + france, conflict spread to the caribbean and britain. Map= beige coloured territory: doesn"t start till 1756, aka french indian war. 1763, ends globally: treaty: peace of, new france is gone, british title to eastern half of america, all french territory west of miss. Tension between empire and colonies: britain was successful but: Standing armies and the royal proclamation (1763) (pontiac"s rebellion: tried to keep peace btw colonists and native peoples, minimize battles, france"s native allies did not accept defeat, on going disputes, pontiac"s rebellion.
