Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.
As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.
In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general.
England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.
Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.
On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.
Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.
Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.