. A history of the United States. tion of these two, all were taken and their garrisonsmassacred. The Indians of the Ohio Valley attacked theposts in western Pennsylvania and advanced into the centralpart of the colony. They finally realized that they couldnot drive the Enghsh away and gave up the struggle. Theroyal proclamation forbidding settlers to enter the regionwest of the Alleghanies was intended to quiet their-fears andpave the way to friendly relations with them. Pitt and the Rights of the Colonists. — At the close of thewar the colonists rejoiced over the victory as much as theEnglis
. A history of the United States. tion of these two, all were taken and their garrisonsmassacred. The Indians of the Ohio Valley attacked theposts in western Pennsylvania and advanced into the centralpart of the colony. They finally realized that they couldnot drive the Enghsh away and gave up the struggle. Theroyal proclamation forbidding settlers to enter the regionwest of the Alleghanies was intended to quiet their-fears andpave the way to friendly relations with them. Pitt and the Rights of the Colonists. — At the close of thewar the colonists rejoiced over the victory as much as theEnglish at home. They were proud to belong to an empireso strong and great. But already something had happenedwhich showed that their enthusiasm might be short-Hved. THE RIGHTS OF THE COLONISTS i6i Even while the war was raging, the northern colonies werereluctant to break off their trade with the French West was angry at the conduct of these colonial traders. Hewas told that the best way to stop such trade with the enemy. was to enforce the Sugar Act. This he resolved to do, andthe news caused a panic among the Boston merchants. It was difficult to find smuggled goods unless the officerscould break into storehouses and other places where theythought these goods were hidden. An old EngHsh maximdeclared every mans house his castle, into which no officercould enter without a special warrant. For the purpose ofsearching for smuggled goods general warrants, called writs 162 CONQUEST OF THE FRENCH COLONIES of assistance, were used in England, and they had also beenused in the colonies. In order to stop their issue the mer-chants resolved to appeal to the old legal maxim. Althoughthey lost their case, James Otis, a young lawyer, awakenedthe spirit of resistance by declaring boldly that the colonistshad all the rights of Enghshmen. At the same time the Virginians were aroused by a newroyal veto. Patrick Henry, another young lawyer, declaredin court that this veto was an act of
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