10/4/2013
• German immigrant to New
York
• 1733
– Zenger Begins printing New York
Weekly Journal
– New York Governor
English Colonies
Zenger Trial, Salutary Neglect, & the
impact of the French & Indian War
• Removes govt. officials
• Starts a new court
• Attempts to rig a trial
• Zenger’s Journal fires back
– Zenger’s paper accuses the governor
of threatening “liberties and
properties & violating rules of
office”
• Govt. indicted Zenger of libel
• Grand jury clears Zenger of
charges
• Beginning of right of a free press
• Delegates approve Ben
Franklin’s plan
ROYAL GOVERNOR
Appointed by crown
Oversaw colonial trade
Final approval on laws
Could dismiss colonial assy.
Colonial
Assembly
Governor’s Council
Appointed by governor
Advisory board to governor
Acted as high court in colonies
– Called to unite the
colonies under a central
govt.
– Called for a presidentgeneral in the colonies
– Called for legislative
assembly w/ power to tax
• The colonial leaders
shared power
• England interfered
very little with colonial
affairs
• Parliament passed laws
that were rarely
enforced by governors
• Self-government grew
in the colonies
• Colonies REJECT
Franklin’s plan to unite
the colonies against the
French
• Colonies didn’t want to
give too much power to
one central govt.
Elected by eligible colonists
Made laws
Had authority to tax
Paid governor’s salary
Treaty of Paris of 1763
• France kept lands in the
West Indies
• Britain took all French
lands EAST of the
Mississippi River
• France would keep all
lands WEST of the
Mississippi River and New
Orleans
– To repay losses, France gave
Spain New Orleans and all
they had WEST of the
Mississippi
• Spain gave up Florida
(for helping France)
England Limits Colonial Expansion
• British govt. tighten control on
colonies after the Seven Years’
War
• Proclamation of 1763
– Prevent more fighting in the west due to
Pontiac’s War & land-hungry settlers
– Stop all expansion west of the
Appalachian Mts.
• Britain keeps troops in the area to
protect their interests
– Military is in charge
• British used soldiers to enforce
the law
– People could only trade @ designated
points under military supervision
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