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The Duel & Road to Revolution

The Duel & Road to Revolution. AP Chapters 6 & 7. Quebec. 1608 Samuel de Champlain. Hurons. Allied with French to defeat their old enemy the Iroquois In return, the Iroquois: Ravaged…. Slowed.. Served…. New France. Primary source of wealth: fur trade especially beavers

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The Duel & Road to Revolution

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  1. The Duel & Road to Revolution AP Chapters 6 & 7

  2. Quebec • 1608 • Samuel de Champlain

  3. Hurons • Allied with French to defeat their old enemy the Iroquois • In return, the Iroquois: • Ravaged…. • Slowed.. • Served…

  4. New France • Primary source of wealth: fur trade especially beavers • French fur trappers would travel extensively through North America

  5. Jesuits • French Catholic missionaries that tried to convert the Indians • Filled vital role as explorers & geographers

  6. Antoine Cadillac founded Detroit • La Salle founded the colony of Louisiana • Later New Orleans is established in 1718

  7. King William’s War Queen Anne’s War King George’s War (War of Jenkins’s Ear)

  8. The Seven YearsWar • “French & Indian War” • 21 yr old George Washington… • Fort Necessity… • July 4, 1754

  9. French Acadians in Nova Scotia • Brutally uprooted by the British in 1775 • Most sent to LA (about 4,000) • Today over a million “Cajuns” there

  10. Albany Plan of Union - 1754

  11. The Real Fighting Begins… • Braddock • Pitt

  12. The Plains of Abraham…

  13. Treaty of Paris (1763) • French Power fades in North America… • Proclamation Line of 1763 angers many… • Marks the end of salutary neglect…

  14. Daniel Boone….

  15. Pontiac’s Rebellion • 1763 Ottawa Chief leads a handful of tribes… • British send regular troops (want colonies to pay for them)…. • Rebellion crushed but creates further problems…

  16. Republicanism… • Radical Whigs… • Impact on the Colonists… • Plato

  17. Mercantilism • Advantages • Protection • Assured Trade • Disadvantages • Stifled Economy • Currency Issues • Colonists used butter, nails, pitch & feathers

  18. Adam Smith • Scottish born “Father of Economics” • Argued against Mercantilism in Wealth of Nations • Encouraged free trade

  19. Prime MinisterGeorge Grenville • Britain: Biggest Empire and Biggest Debt • Proclamation Line (1763) • Enforce Navigation Laws (1650) • Sugar Act (1764) • Quartering Act (1765) • Stamp Act (1765)

  20. Colonial Reaction

  21. Stamp Act Congress 1765 • Largely Ignored but… • Nonimportation Agreements & Boycotts took their toll…

  22. Sons of Liberty… • 1766 Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.. • Passes the Declaratory Act

  23. CharlesTownshend • Townshend Acts (1767) indirect tax on glass, paper, paint & tea….

  24. George III • “A good man, a bad ruler” • Townshend Acts were a failure… repealed by Parliament – except for the 3 pence tax on tea…

  25. Samuel Adams • “Zealous, tenacious, and courageous” he was a “master propagandist and engineer of rebellion” • Organized the Committees of Correspondence…

  26. Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) 1774 • Boston Port Act… • New Quartering Act… • Quebec Act…

  27. 1st Continental Congress - 1774

  28. The Shot Heard ‘Round the World

  29. April 1775 Lexington & Concord • Minute Men… • 8 Americans – 70 British killed…

  30. EdmundBurke • Led Whig opposition…felt the battle for British freedom was being fought in America…

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