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Warm-up

Warm-up. What 3 countries during the colonial period have been fighting for control of the North America? What other people might be involved in these conflicts?. The French and Indian War, Taxation, and Reaction. Competition Over North America.

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Warm-up

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  1. Warm-up • What 3 countries during the colonial period have been fighting for control of the North America? • What other people might be involved in these conflicts?

  2. The French and Indian War, Taxation, and Reaction

  3. Competition Over North America • France, Spain, and England all control colonies in North America • France – All land west of west of Appalachian Mountains • English – 13 Colonies • Spain – Florida and the Southeast

  4. Why? • All desire natural resources • Commodity – goods bought or sold for profit • France and England compete for the Ohio River Valley fur trade

  5. War! • Both England and France push into the Ohio River Valley • England sends a young George Washington to claim the territory from France • French respond by reinforcing positions along the Ohio River • Washington captured and forced back to Virginia; England declares war Washington, Lieutenant Colonel in English Colonial Army

  6. Albany Plan for Union: 1754

  7. Albany Plan Plan formulated by early colonials (Ben Franklin) to have a centralized government for the 13 colonies. Plan ultimately never became a reality but paved the way for bigger things later.

  8. Ft. Necessity

  9. The French and Indian War • 1754 -1763 • France allies with Indian Tribes • England eventually wins the war • England suffers heavy debts (bankrupt)

  10. Proclamation Line of 1763 • Created to stabilize relations with Native Americans and to reorganize the British colonies

  11. How should England get out of debt?

  12. England passes acts to regulate/tax colonists Causes of the American Revolution Navigation Acts – English monopolize trade with colonies Sugar Act (1764) Stamp Act (1765) Townshend Acts (1767) Quartering Act (1765) Intolerable Acts (1774) Causes of the American Revolution

  13. Colonial Opposition • Stamp Act Congress – issues a boycott of British goods “No Taxation Without Representation -Led by John Adams • Sons of Liberty – Colonial Independence Group; protest English Acts/Taxes -Led by Samuel Adams • Committees of Correspondence – colonial group voicing concerns to England - Led by Benjamin Franklin

  14. John Adams Samuel Adams Benjamin Franklin

  15. Further Escalation • Boston Massacre -March 5, 1770 -colonists rebel to Quartering Act -British open fire -5 colonists die Propaganda – information used to influence opinion

  16. Boston Tea Party -November 27, 1773 -Protest of Tea Act (Townshend Acts) -Sons of Liberty dump 342 chests of English tea into Boston Harbor ($32,000 worth) -leads to Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)

  17. Intolerable (Coercive Acts) 4 Parts: 1. Port Act – Closes Boston Harbor 2. Mass. Government Act – revokes MA charter 3. Quartering Act – Martial Law 4. Revoking of Rights Act – no arms or protest

  18. Wrap-up 1. From your understanding of the English Bill of Rights, why might the America colonists feel angered at the taxes put upon them?

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