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Essential Question

Essential Question. What were the causes of the American Revolution?. The French and Indian War. French Territory. Fort Beausejour. French Territory. Fort Louisbourg. French Territory. Port Royal. Who Fought This War?. The French The British The Colonists Indian Groups.

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Essential Question

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  1. Essential Question • What were the causes of the American Revolution?

  2. The French and Indian War

  3. French Territory

  4. Fort Beausejour

  5. French Territory

  6. Fort Louisbourg

  7. French Territory

  8. Port Royal

  9. Who Fought This War? • The French • The British • The Colonists • Indian Groups

  10. French Movement • French army moved into western Pennsylvania in 1754 • France wanted to use the Ohio River to travel to the Mississippi, then on to New Orleans.

  11. George Washington • Virginia governor sent George Washington to western Pennsylvania

  12. Fort Necessity • Washington quickly built Fort Necessity • French attacked and defeated Washington

  13. Fort Necessity

  14. Fort Necessity

  15. The Albany Conference • June 1754 • 7 colonies sent representatives to discuss an alliance with the Iroquois Indians

  16. Albany Plan of Union • Proposed by Benjamin Franklin • Idea that colonies unite to form a federal government • Rejected

  17. British Victory

  18. Battle of Quebec

  19. Treaty of Paris(1763)

  20. Pontiac’s War • Pontiac – chief of the Ottawa • United other Indian tribes to attack British forts and settlers along the frontier

  21. Proclamation Act of 1763 • Issued by King George • No settlers allowed to move west of the Proclamation Line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains

  22. Taxes on the Colonies Needed to pay war debt and cost of British soldiers in America

  23. James Otis Wrote a pamphlet which stated: “No taxation without representation.” Colonists had no representatives in Parliament

  24. The Stamp Act March 1765 Required stamps on all printed materials Newspapers, wills, deeds, dice, playing cards

  25. Quartering Act Forced colonists to house British soldiers

  26. Sons of Liberty Held outdoor meetings and demonstrations Protested British acts

  27. Quote, Sons of Liberty “In the morning a mob assembled and erected a gallows near the town house and the dispers’d, and about ten a clock reassembled and took the effigies of several men and the Stamp Master . . . To said gallows where they were hung up by the neck . . . About dusk they broke every window in his house, frames and all, likewise chairs, tables, pictures and everything they could come across.”

  28. Nonimportation Agreement Merchants pledged not to buy any British goods

  29. Daughters of Liberty Supported the colonists Began weaving homespun – a simple cloth that became a sign of patriotism

  30. Boston Massacre Britain sent 1000 troops to Boston Soldiers harassed by the crowds

  31. Boston Massacre Troops fired into the crowd First victim was Crispus Attucks 5 died in all

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