Road to Revolution Part 1

* French & Indian War (1756-1763)

1) 13 American colonies (ruled by Britain) & French territories competed for land

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French & Indian War 1756-1763

2) Colonists crossed the Appalachian Mtns to trap animals for fur trade w/Europe

French and Indian War 1756-1763 (Brainpop 4:30)

3) The 2 sides that fought :

• Fr & Native Am tribes

VS • Br & A colonies &

Native Am tribes

4) British win the war + Fr

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* Proclamation of 1763

1) Colonists upset with King George III & Parliament . . . Why?

2) b/c passed a law that prohibited colonists from settling W of App Mtns

* Proclamation of 1763

3) Br worried colonists would get into wars w/Native Am Tribes

4) This would cost $$ to send Br troops

* King George III

1) Treated them like second class citizens

2) Colonists NOT allowed to be elected for P.

3) Colonists’ POV (point of view) – King was a tyrant.

* Parliament Levies Taxes on the Colonies

1) Quartering Act - 1765

• “Act” means a law.

• Colonists required to provide barracks, food & supplies to Br troops.

• The Q Act was an indirect tax for the colonists b/c not paid back for their expenses.

Parliament Levies Taxes on the Colonies

2) Sugar Act - 1776• P taxed the colonists on sugar & molasses• Forced American merchants to trade only with British Caribbean colonies.

Parliament Levies Taxes on the Colonies

3) Stamp Act – 1766• Taxed all pamphlets, newspapers, playing cards, & documents (anything made on paper!) • Colonists physically intimidated the Br stamp agents who tried to enforce the tax

* Boston Massacre - 1770

1) Br troops arrive in Boston

2) Angry colonist mob “trash talk” & throw rocks & snowballs at Br soldiers

3) Br shots were fired killing five colonists