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
territories
* 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
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