french and indian war 7 years war 1754-1763. causes of the revolutionary war eq: what steps led to...
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Causes of the Revolutionary War EQ: What steps led to the colonies wanting to
gain independence from Great Britain? What events went on during the French
and Indian War?
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Strained Relations What was the first problem you detect
between Great Britain and colonists? What are the differences in French/English
views of America? What role does Spain play in the 7 years
war and why? What happened to France after the war?
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What was the Proclamation of 1763? 1764 ......What does England do? Describe the events in Boston.
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French move in The French are now taking over fur trade in
the Ohio Valley region 1740s VA gets grant from England allowing
them access to the Ohio Valley area
Natives…… Prefer dealing with the French because
they are fair in deals and just NICE French did not pose a threat to overtake
lands
Ohio Rivers form…..modern day Pittsburg, PA
Washington thinks this is a great spot Small crew is sent to build a fort to protect
the British interests French overtake the British, finish the fort,
call it Fort Duquesne
Washington and the British say Fort Duquesne is at the tip of VA on their land
Georgie tells them to leave French say NO Georgie tries to force them out 1st SHOTS of the F-I War
British….lined up in open fields, walking towards each other firing
French/Indians…..hiding in the woods, camo clothing, hard to spot
May 28, 1754 Washington's men took some French and
Indians captive by a sneak attack Constructed Fort Necessity near Fort
Duquesne
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Acting Up!!! Sugar 1764 Stamp 1765 Townshend 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party?Shut down Boston
Harbor 1773 British soldiers stationed in colonies First Continental Congress 1774
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Sugar.... 1764 Act that put a three-cent tax on foreign
refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation of rum and French wines. These taxes affected only a certain part of the population, but the affected merchants were very vocal. Besides, the taxes were enacted (or raised) without the consent of the colonists. This was one of the first instances in which colonists wanted a say in how much they were taxed
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Stamp First direct British tax on American colonists.
Instituted in November, 1765. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it. The Stamp, of course, cost money. The colonists didn't think they should have to pay for something they had been doing for free for many years, and they responded in force, with demonstrations and even with a diplomatic body called the Stamp Act Congress,
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Another one..... Declaratory Act, which said that Great
Britain was superior (and boss of) the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
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Stamp These laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Colonial reaction to
these taxes was the same as to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, and Britain eventually repealed all the taxes except the one on tea.
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Boston Massacre Shooting of five American colonists by
British troops on March 5, 1770. One person, an African-American man named Crispus Attacks, was killed. Nearly every part of the story is disputed by both sides. Did the colonists have weapons? The British say rocks and other such weapons were hurled at them.
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BM Continued...... But the British had guns, and they did open
fire. The Boston Massacre deepened American distrust of the British military presence in the colonies.
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Tea anyone? Angry and frustrated at a new tax on tea,
American colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty and disguised as Mohawk Native Americans boarded three British ships (the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver)
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They dumped 342 whole crates of British tea into Boston harbor on December 16, 1773. Similar incidents occurred in Maryland, New York, and New Jersey in the next few months, and tea was eventually boycotted throughout the colonies.
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