FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR/SEVEN YEARS WAR
WARS, UPRISINGS, GENERAL DISCONTENT
Imperial Wars Spain vs. Great Britain vs. France King William’s War &Queen Anne’s War
Quebec Native Americans Nova Scotia/Trading Rights
King George’s War Iraq . . . I mean Georgia
Colonial Rebellions 18 uprisings against colonial gov’t Six major black uprisings 40 riots
WAR IN THE COLONIES FOR THE COLONIES
Other major wars, no interest in troops in colonies
French and Indian War/ Seven Years War, started in the colonies
Professional troops
SEE, WHAT HAPPENED WAS . . .
France builds forts in Ohio River Valley
VA sends small militia under George Washington
Early success, eventual surrender to French and Native American forces
AND THEN . . .
VA sends another expedition General Edward Braddock 2000 troops routed Native Americans attacked from PA to
NC Britain fails in Canadian invasion TWICE
ALBANY PLAN OF UNION
Developed by Franklin Inter-Colonial gov’t Recruit troops Collect taxes Never took effect
HOW DID BRITAIN WIN?
New PM strategy to conquer Canada Eventually took Louisbourg, Quebec,
Montreal Treaty signed in 1763
EFFECTS
Supremacy for Great Britain No more constant threat for colonists British thought colonists were weak Colonists proud of record they could
defend themselves Not impressed with British tactics $
NON-TEXTBOOK EFFECTS
Poverty skyrocketed Colonial Trade: 500,000 pounds in 1700; by 1770 was
worth 2,800,000 pounds. Wealth in the hands of a few
(Boston: 5% controlled 49% of wealth) Growth of lower-class resentment
“I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow, as most of you are and obliged to go thro' good report and evil report, for bitter bread, earned under the frowns of some who have no natural or divine right to be above me, and entirely owe their grandeur and honor to grinding the faces of the poor.. .. “ – James Otis