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Road to Revolution Begins

The French and Indian War marks the beginning of conflict between England and its colonies. This war, fought from 1754-1763, has significant consequences for both sides and lays the foundation for the American Revolution.

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Road to Revolution Begins

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  1. Road to Revolution Begins The French and Indian War

  2. Conflict Begins Between England and it’s colonies • By 1750 the colonies were growing rapidly due to: • Cheap land • Religious tolerance • Economic opportunity • BUT most importantly, England had left the colonies alone to solve their own problems • Salutary Neglect • With this growth, colonists hoped to move across the Appalachian Mountains and into the Ohio River Valley

  3. France and England Claim the Ohio River Valley • Both France and England claimed this area • France wanted to control trade with the Indians • Britain wanted to extend the colonies to gain more land VS

  4. War Begins and Spreads • From 1754-1763 war raged throughout the colonies • Benjamin Franklin tried uniting the colonies with the Albany Plan of Union • Purpose: to unify the colonies in order to better govern themselves and defeat the French • Rejected: Colonial legislatures did not want to give up control

  5. The Treaty of Paris, 1763 Terms of the treaty: • Britain gains all land from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River • France gives Louisiana (area west of the Mississippi) to Spain for their help

  6. Pontiac’s Rebellion • Pontiac, an Ottawa Indian, wanted to stop the loss of Native land • The fighting between the colonists and the Ottawa became known as Pontiac’s Rebellion • British decided that the western land would be expensive to defend so they passed the Proclamation of 1763 • Outlawedsettlement west of the Appalachian Mts., including the Ohio River Valley…land they had just won!

  7. Proclamation of 1763 • This angered colonists who had just fought a war for that land • Moving west was the only option for same farmers to get land • The British government was angry also • Colonists refused to pay extra taxes to defend the land against the Ottawa • They started to ignore the colonists’ arguments • Hostility helped fuel the Revolution…

  8. Draw this on the back of your French & Indian War notes

  9. Draw on the back of your notes: Cause and Effect 1. Pontiac’s Rebellion 1. colonies were growing rapidly 2. Proclamation of 1763- colonists cannot settle west of App. Mts. French and Indian War 2. colonists hoped to move across Appalachian Mts. 3. The Treaty of Paris, 1763 France and England claimed this area A. Britain gains from the Atlantic to the Mississippi B. Spain gets Louisiana

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