America’s HistorySeventh Edition

CHAPTER 4Growth and Crisis in Colonial Society

1720-1765

Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

James A. HenrettaRebecca Edwards

Robert O. Self

War, Trade and Social Conflict

• Brainstorm the ways in which the colonies had grown and ‘matured’ by 1750.

• How was land a divisive force in the colonies?

IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765

A. The French and Indian War1. The Albany Congress2. The War Hawks Win

IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765

B. The Great War for Empire1. The Seven Years War

Brits ally with Americans one last time2. Pontiac’s Rebellion

Attempt to get French backResult: Proclamation of 1763

IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765

C. British Industrial Growth and the Consumer Revolution1. Resources2. American Consumers

D. The Struggle for Land in the East1. Land Disputes

IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765

E. Western Rebels and Regulators1. Paxton Boys and Racism in Pennsylvania2. The South Carolina Regulators3. Civil Strife in North Carolina

Paxton Boys…Indian Perspective

South Carolina Regulators

-Scotish and Anglos clashwith the Indians-East v. West-Backcountry….

Civil Strife in North Carolina

• [Revisit Slide 9]• Debtors v. Gov’t• Wanted fairer taxes• 30 dead = deadliest and most politically

charged

Describe the forces that were bringing the colonies to the brink of war.

• Unity: religion, science, anti-Indian, • Colonial Disputes: pietism v. deism, class

tensions, challenges to traditional authorities, economic strife

• Disputes w/ Britain: Proclamation of 1763, taxation, uprisings