"The enemy!" was the reply.

"Then," said he, "I die content," and expired.
The result of the war in which General Wolfe perished, left a vast amount of debt as a heavy weight upon the country.

The English settlers had fought very bravely all through the war, and they thought that the English at home ought to pay the debt, and not tax them for its payment.
But the king and the parliament thought differently.

They taxed the American settlers very heavily; they would listen to no remonstrance; and, when some signs were given of resistance, they were threatened with punishment, like so many unruly schoolboys.

Certain privileges which had been granted them were taken away, and troops sent out to enforce obedience.