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The Struggle for Empire and Revolution, 1689-1783

The Struggle for Empire and Revolution, 1689-1783. I. Imperial Wars, 1689-1763. A. Imperial Powers and Alliances. Europeans, Indians, and the Fur Trade. A. Imperial Powers and Alliances (cont.). The Iroquoian Culture. A. Imperial Powers and Alliances (Cont.). The Algonquian Culture.

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The Struggle for Empire and Revolution, 1689-1783

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  1. The Struggle for Empire and Revolution, 1689-1783

  2. I. Imperial Wars, 1689-1763

  3. A. Imperial Powers and Alliances Europeans, Indians, and the Fur Trade

  4. A. Imperial Powers and Alliances (cont.) The Iroquoian Culture

  5. A. Imperial Powers and Alliances (Cont.) The Algonquian Culture

  6. A. Imperial Powers and Alliances (Cont.) The Northern Alliances

  7. A. Imperial Powers and Alliances (Cont.) The Southern Alliances

  8. B. The Colonial Wars King William’s War, 1689-1697 Treaty of Ryswick ends war in 1697 The Blueprint

  9. B. The Colonial Wars (Cont.) Queen Anne’s War, 1702-1713 • “New Englanders fought a barbarous war with cruel and perfidious savages rather than with Frenchmen” Treaty of Utrecht ends war in 1713

  10. B. The Colonial Wars (Cont.) King George’s War, 1744-1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends war in 1748

  11. B. The Colonial Wars (Cont.) The French and Indian War, 1754-1763 Flashpoint, The Ohio Country

  12. B. The Colonial Wars (Cont.) French and Indian War: 1755 Targets: Fort Duquesne, Niagara, Crown Point, and Beausejour Albany Conference (1754)

  13. B. The Colonial Wars (Cont.) French and Indian War: 1757-1763) William Pitt: June 1757 assumed control of war

  14. II. Revolutionary America, 1763-1783

  15. A. America in the Aftermath of the French and Indian War Pontiac’s Rebellion

  16. B. Managing the Empire: British/Colonial Relations, 1763-1767 The very act of taxing exercised over those who are not represented appears to me to be depriving them of one of their most essential rights as freemen --James Otis Sugar Act (1764) The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved

  17. B. Managing the Empire: British/Colonial Relations, 1763-1767 The Stamp Act Crisis (1765) George Grenville: English PM This map shows the scope of opposition tothe detested Stamp Act. Protest was mostintense in the seaport towns and cities.

  18. B. Managing the Empire: British/Colonial Relations, 1763-1767 The Townshend Duties (1767) John Dickinson: Author, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, 1767-1768

  19. B. Managing the Empire: British/Colonial Relations, 1763-1767 Patriotic Ladies of Edenton This sarcastic British cartoon lampoons the efforts of Americanwomen to participate in the movement to boycott British imports.The artist’s caricature shows the women asunfeminine andneglectful of their proper subordinate roles as wives and mothers.

  20. C. From Protest to Revolution The Liberty Crisis, 1768 John Hancock

  21. C. From Protest to Revolution The Boston Massacre, 1770 BostonMassacre Paul Revere’sinfluential engravingof the BostonMassacre takesliberties with thefacts to portrayBritish actions in theworst possible light.The orderly arrangementof the troopsand the stance of theofficer at their sidesuggests that theyacted under orders. Behind the troops,Revere has renamedthe shop “Butcher’sHall.”

  22. C. From Protest to Revolution The Boston Tea Party, 1773 Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man In this pro-British cartoon, Bostonians appear ascruel thugs who have tarred and feathered thecustom’s official and are forcing tea down his throat.

  23. C. From Protest to Revolution The Intolerable Acts, 1773 The First Continental Congress, 1774 Closed the Port of Boston Revoked the Massachusetts Charter Dissolved the colony’s political institutions Allowed the British to quarter soldiers in private homes Allowed British officials charged with capital crimes to be tried outside colonies

  24. C. From Protest to Revolution The Revolution of 1774 • “It started more than half a year earlier, when tens of thousands of angry patriot militiamen ganged up on a few unarmed officials and overthrew British authority…outside of Boston.” • --Ray Raphael: Author, Founding Myths: Stories that Hide our Patriotic Past Citizens rise up in response to Mass. Government Act The “Powder Alarm” People defied the law and continued assemblies By October, 1774 British authority dead outside Boston Colonists arm themselves

  25. C. From Protest to Revolution Lexington-Concord, 1775

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