Colonial America in the 18th Century II: Empire and Enlightenment The Enlightenment (Europe & the colonies, late 1600s to late 1700s) natural laws Deists Structure of government: COLONIAL GOVERNMENT ENGLISH GOVERNMENT (King &) Parliament: Governor Prime Minister Council House of Lords Assembly House of Commons Colonial Assemblies Mercantilism Navigation Acts (several, passed 1651–96) Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–74) Empire The French and Indian War (1754-63) [aka The Seven Years War (1756-63)] Iroquois Confederacy: Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida impressment Peace of Paris (1763) Writs of Assistance (1760) in Massachusetts Sugar Act (1764) tariff Stamp Act (1765) internal tax vs external tax virtual representation vs actual representation o James Otis Stamp Act Crisis Sam Adams & the Sons of Liberty Stamp Act Congress (1765) HIST 17A Dr. Schaffer The Run-up to War Charles Townshend: Quartering Act (1765) → New York Suspending Act (1767) Townshend Duties [Revenue Acts] (1767); repealed 1770 (except the tax on tea) Daughters of Liberty & nonconsumption Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770) John Adams committees of correspondence (Samuel Adams) Tea Act (1773) Boston Tea Party (Dec 16, 1773) Coercive Acts [Intolerable Acts] (1774) General Thomas Gage, royal governor of Massachusetts First Continental Congress (met in Philadelphia from September to October of 1774) The Revolutionary War (1775-83) Begins Battles of Lexington & Concord (April 1775); Paul Revere & William Dawes o minutemen vs Redcoats o guerilla warfare Second Continental Congress (met from May 1775 until the end of the war) o Continental Army & George Washington . Battle of Breed’s & Bunker Hill (June 1775) o committee to write the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson (Virginia), John Adams (Mass), Benjamin Franklin (PA), Robert R. Livingston (NY), Roger Sherman (CT) HIST 120 Dr. Schaffer .