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CHAPTER 6. Conflicts in the Colonies. Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War Section 3: Trouble over Taxes Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions. SECTION 1. Trouble on the Frontier. Question:
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CHAPTER 6 Conflicts in the Colonies Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War Section 3:Trouble over Taxes Section 4:New Taxes and Tensions
SECTION 1 Trouble on the Frontier Question: What were the effects of the French and Indian War on the British colonies?
SECTION 1 Trouble on the Frontier Cause Effects French and Indian War • British colonies grew in size. • Britain became a dominant power in the Americas. • Spain grew in power in the Americas.
SECTION 2 Consequences of the French and Indian War Question: What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763, and how effective was it?
SECTION 2 Consequences of the French and Indian War Proclamation of 1763 Purpose: Effectiveness: to keep settlers from fighting with American Indians by not allowing settlement across the Appalachian Mountains not very effective; colonists crossed the Appalachians and continued to fight with American Indians
SECTION 3 Trouble over Taxes Question: What were some of the reasons why the colonists disliked the new tax laws?
SECTION 3 Trouble over Taxes New Taxes Reasons Colonists Disliked the Taxes: • taxation without representation • reflected British efforts to gain more control • challenged the colonists’ efforts to be more autonomous • hurt colonial economy
SECTION 4 New Taxes and Tensions Question: What were the purposes of the Intolerable Acts, and what were the results of these acts?
SECTION 4 Results Purpose Causes New Taxes and Tensions THE INTOLERABLE ACTS • closed Boston Harbor • Massachusetts’s charter canceled • royal officials allowed to be tried in Britain • Quartering Act established for Boston • General Thomas Gage new governor of Massachusetts • to force the colonists to submit to British authority • prevent any further protests • continued protests by the colonists • Boston Tea Party
CHAPTER 6 Chapter Wrap-Up 1. How did the wars between France and Great Britain affect the British colonists in North America? 2. What region did American pioneers settle during the 1760s, and what happened as a result? 3. How did Americans react when they were taxed by Parliament, in which they were not represented?