The Imperial Perspective

1. The Imperial Perspective Chapter 4

2. I. English Agencies of Colonial Policy • Establishment and Early Control

3. I. English Agencies of Colonial Policy • Establishment and Early Control • Navigation Acts

4. I. English Agencies of Colonial Policy • Establishment and Early Control • Navigation Acts • Mercantilism

5. I. English Agencies of Colonial Policy • Establishment and Early Control • Navigation Acts • Mercantilism • Dominion of New England

6. Edmund Andros

7. I. English Agencies of Colonial Policy • Establishment and Early Control • Navigation Acts • Mercantilism • Dominion of New England • Glorious Revolution

8. The Glorious Revolution…SO WHAT???

9. John Locke

10. I. English Agencies of Colonial Policy • Establishment and Early Control • Navigation Acts • Mercantilism • Dominion of New England • Glorious Revolution • Salutary Neglect

11. II. The Habit of Self-Government • Powers of the Governors

12. II. The Habit of Self-Government • Powers of the Governors • Powers of the Assemblies

13. III. Troubled Neighbors • Spain

14. III. Troubled Neighbors • Spain • New France

15. Louis XIV

16. Samuel de Champlain

18. Iroquois Longhouse

21. IV. Colonial Wars • King William’s War (1689-1697) • War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713) • War of Austrian Succession (1744-1748) • Seven Years’ War / French and Indian War (1754-1763)

24. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity

26. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union

27. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union • Braddock attempts to oust the French

28. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union • Braddock attempts to oust the French • Formal Declaration of War - 1756

29. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union • Braddock attempts to oust the French • Formal Declaration of War – 1756 • British / Colonial Tensions

30. British-American Colonial Tensions Methods ofFighting: • Indian-style guerilla tactics. • March in formation or bayonet charge. MilitaryOrganization: • Col. militias served under own captains. • Br. officers wanted to take charge of colonials. MilitaryDiscipline: • No mil. deference or protocols observed. • Drills & tough discipline. Finances: • Resistance to rising taxes. • Colonists should pay for their own defense. Demeanor: • Casual, non-professionals. • Prima Donna Br. officers with servants & tea settings.

32. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union • Braddock attempts to oust the French • Formal Declaration of War – 1756 • British / Colonial Tensions • William Pitt

33. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union • Braddock attempts to oust the French • Formal Declaration of War – 1756 • British / Colonial Tensions • William Pitt • 1759

35. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union • Braddock attempts to oust the French • Formal Declaration of War – 1756 • British / Colonial Tensions • William Pitt • 1759 • Treaty of Paris

36. 1763  Treaty of Paris France --> lost her Canadian possessions, most of her empire in India, and claims to lands east of the Mississippi River. Spain -->got all French lands west of the Mississippi River, New Orleans, but lost Florida to England. England -->got all French lands in Canada, exclusive rights to Caribbean slave trade, and commercial dominance in India.

39. North America in 1750

40. North America in 1763

41. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union • Braddock attempts to oust the French • Formal Declaration of War – 1756 • British / Colonial Tensions • William Pitt • 1759 • Treaty of Paris • Effects of War on Britain

42. Effects of the War on Britain? 1. It increased her colonial empire in the Americas. 2. It greatly enlarged England’s debt. 3. Britain’s contempt for the colonials created bitter feelings. Therefore, England felt that amajor reorganization of her American Empire was necessary!

43. V. French and Indian War • Fort Necessity • Albany Plan of Union • Braddock attempts to oust the French • Formal Declaration of War – 1756 • British / Colonial Tensions • William Pitt • 1759 • Treaty of Paris • Effects of War on Britain • Effects of War on American Colonials

44. Effects of the War on the American Colonials 1.It united them against a common enemy for the first time. 2. It created a socializing experience for all the colonials who participated. 3. It created bitter feelings towards the British that would only intensify.

45. On the Horizon…