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The Cost of a Growing Empire

The Cost of a Growing Empire. Mercantilism. Navigation Acts. Restrictions. Enumerated Goods Staples Act Bounties Smuggling. Mercantilism. Triangular Trade. Mercantilism. Colonies produce and buy goods… how will England gain more profits?. The Ohio Company of Virginia. Potential Wealth

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The Cost of a Growing Empire

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  1. The Cost of a Growing Empire

  2. Mercantilism

  3. Navigation Acts

  4. Restrictions • Enumerated Goods • Staples Act • Bounties • Smuggling

  5. Mercantilism • Triangular Trade

  6. Mercantilism • Colonies produce and buy goods… how will England gain more profits?

  7. The Ohio Company of Virginia • Potential Wealth • Fur trade • Speculation

  8. Ohio Company (1748) • British approval • Forks in Ohio River

  9. French & Indian Wars

  10. Alliances • French & Huron, Wabanaki Confederacy, Caughnawaga, Mohawk, Choctaw, Timucua, Apalachee, Natchez and Spanish (2nd French & Indian War) • English & Iroquois

  11. Competition for Ohio Valley • Logstown – 1752 • Tanacharison the Half-King • Competition leads to…

  12. The French & Indian War • Seven Years War (1754–1763) • “War of Conquest”

  13. George Washington

  14. William Pitt

  15. Robert Dinwiddie

  16. General Edward Braddock

  17. Major Battles • Battle of Jumonville Glen • Battle of Ft. Necessity • Siege of Ft. William Henry • Battle of Fort Duquesne • Battle of Ticonderoga (1758 & 59) • Siege of Louisbourg • Battle at Sainte-Foy/Quebec

  18. Albany Plan of Union • Benjamin Franklin

  19. Treaty of Paris (1763) • Terms harsh to losing France. • French territory on mainland North America lost. • The British received Quebec and the Ohio Valley. • New Orleans & the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi to Spain • British also gain Caribbean islands & India • Spain gain Philippines & Cuba

  20. Pontiac’s War/Rebellion • 1763 – Ft. Detroit • Siege of Ft. Pitt • Devil’s Hole Massacre • Indian Raids • Paxton Boys • July 25, 1766

  21. Proclamation Line of 1763 • Why create this barrier? • Why does this cause problems?

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