New school history of the United States . his prosperity attracted the admirationnot only of Burke,but of all who observed the great move-ments in the affairs of men. 2. English statesmen feared that the gain of Canadawould prove to be the loss of America. French statesmenhad consoled themselves for its surrender with the hope andthe belief that the conquerors would be ruined by the conse-quent revolt of the colonies. Montcalm had expressed thelike conviction, three weeks before the battle on the Heightsof Abraham. These fears and hopes were soon in the way ofaccomplishment. The colonies felt
New school history of the United States . his prosperity attracted the admirationnot only of Burke,but of all who observed the great move-ments in the affairs of men. 2. English statesmen feared that the gain of Canadawould prove to be the loss of America. French statesmenhad consoled themselves for its surrender with the hope andthe belief that the conquerors would be ruined by the conse-quent revolt of the colonies. Montcalm had expressed thelike conviction, three weeks before the battle on the Heightsof Abraham. These fears and hopes were soon in the way ofaccomplishment. The colonies felt that they could now standalone. They no longer needed British protection and Britishsupport. They were unwilling to submit any longer to British * Edmund Burke (1-28-1707^ was a g:reat English statesman, and the most brilliantof English orators. He was a member of Parliament from 1766 to 1793. In 1771 hewas appointed Agent for the Colony of New York. He was the friend of Franklin,and always favored the interests of the American THE APPROACH OF THE REVOLUTION. orders, exactions, and restraints, or to the bonds of a distantcontrol. 3. The grievances of the colonies were set forth,some years later, in the Declaration of Independence. Mostof them were then recent, but many were of long standing, andgrew out of the policy uniformly pursued by England for thepromotion of her home interests. The chief causes of dis-content, at the outset, were the restrictions upon trade imposedby the Navigation Acts, and the stricter enforcement ofmeasures for the repression of smuggling ; the prevention ofAmerican manufactures ; and the project of taxing Americato increase English revenues, and to lighten the burden ofthe English national debt. That debt had been augmented$300,000,000 by the late war. Much of it had been incurredfor the defence of the American colonies. It was so large asto threaten the ruin of England. 4. The quarrel over the trade regulations broke outin Massachusetts.
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