...Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War|Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another |The French and Indian War helped lead to the Revolutionary War in two ways. | | |chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s | | | |expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims |First funding this war lead to a huge national debt for Great Britain, which they felt | | |of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British |the Americans should help pay. Parliament decided to service the debt by passing the | | |declaration of war in 1756. Boosted by the financing of future Prime Minister |stamp act, a terrible failure that angered citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, which | | |William Pitt, the British turned the tide with victories at Louisbourg, Fort |started the rift between Britain and its colonists. | | |Frontenac and the French-Canadian stronghold of Quebec. At the 1763 peace | | | |conference, the British received the territories...
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...1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-War Event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | | |(1754–1763) is the American name, British name is the 7 year war. The war was |Debt from French and Indian war was a big contribution to Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War|fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France, with | | | |both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great | | | |Britain and France, who declared war on each other in 1756 | | | |Act that reduced taxes on molasses and sugar, laid |Money made from the Sugar Act was used to keep British Troops present. | |Sugar Act |taxes on indigo, pimento (allspice), some wines, and coffee, and increased | | |...
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...The 13 colonies in America slowly began to come together as the time went on. The first British Colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America were founded between 1607 (Virginia) and 1733 (Georgia). The British and the Americans have fairly good relationships between each other. 1763 was a big turning point for Great Britain’s and America’s relationship with each other. The Seven Years’ War or also known as the French and Indian war. The war was driven by the interests among the great powers of Europe. Great Britain competed with both Spain France and over colonies and trade. Great Britain started to abuse it’s power economically socially and politically. I as a person in the 1800’s would have sided with the patriots fully and devotionally...
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...Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. Pre-War Event Description Contribution to the Revolutionary War French and Indian War This is the name American gave this war; this war was between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. This war was also known as the seven year war, in Great Britain it was known as King William's War or Queen Anne's War. With the end of the French & Indian War in 1763, the British government felt that the American colonies should cover a percentage of the cost associated with their defense. So the Parliament began passing a series of taxes designed to raise funds to offset this expense. Sugar Act The Sugar Act was passed in 1764. The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things. The Parliament wanted the money to help provide more security for the colonies. The Sugar Act made the people in the colonies pretty upset. If they only traded with Britain, they would not be able to sell their goods for as much. Some leaders in the colonies started to boycott, or to quite buying, British goods. Stamp Act The bill was passed on February 17, approved by the Lords on March 8th and weeks later ordered in effect by the King. The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. They need to get some of their money back after the French and Indian War. The colonies...
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...It announced the independence of the American Colonies from Great Britain July 4th 1776; one year after the Revolutionary War began. Some of the causes leading to the American Revolution were trade regulations, taxes and Great Britain’s power over the colonies. The colonists where unhappy and wanted to be free from England. After the French & Indian War the relationship between Britain & the Colonies was worsening. Opportunity opened for the colonist in the western frontier but to prevent further conflicts with the Indians, British implemented the Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation of 1763 stated the boundaries of settlement for the American colonies to be the Appalachian Mountain and settlers currently west of the mountains had to move back east. Colonist felt that Britain had no right to restrict their settlement but the Proclamation didn’t prevent the colonist from settling. Colonist felt this was a way for Britain to regulate them creating resentment between the mother country and the thirteen colonies which would only grow. The Proclamation Act wasn’t the only act passed by British Parliament from the effects of The French & Indian War. The war had created large debt for Great Britain. In 1765, to raise money Parliament passed the Quarterly Act and the Stamp Act. The quarterly act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers, which help the British pay the cost of maintaining troops in America. The Stamp Act supported by Prime Minister Grenville required...
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...ignite the Revolution by enraging the American colonists | |Stamp Act |Imposed tax on all paper documents in the colonies |It strained relations with the colonies which rose in armed rebellion against the British| |Townshend Acts |Imposed duites on glass, lead, paints,paper and tea imported into the colonies. |Americans viewed this as abuse of power, resulting in the passage of agreements to limit | | | |imports from Britain. | |Tea Act |To raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India |Colonists boarded east India company ships and dumped their loads of tea overboard. | | |Company | | |Intolerable Acts |Were a series of laws issues by king George 3 in response to the colonies Boston|Caused the king to...
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...Great Britain and the American colonists had many conflicts throughout the 1700s that eventually lead to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The multiple wars, the unfair taxes, and the horrible acts that the colonists had to deal with have helped shaped America today. Starting in 1753 and ending in 1763, the French and Indian War was the beginning of the end for Britain and the colonists. It all started in the 1740s, when British settlers, who were looking for farmland, moved into the Ohio River Valley. Previously, this land was claimed by France; however, Britain also claimed the territory as their own. In early 1753, France began building forts between the Ohio River Valley and Lake Erie. This frightened the Virginia Company, so they sent George Washington, a young surveyor in the militia, to order the French to leave.The French refused to leave, causing a major dispute between the two countries. Washington was...
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...to be more and more indignant towards British rule. The French and Indian War-also called the Seven Years’ War-started in 1756 and ended in 1763. Even though the British were victorious, gaining a large amount of territory, their triumph increased trouble with the thirteen colonies. The war expenses were enormous, and so Great Britain endeavored to impose taxes upon the colonists. The Sugar Act, Revenue Act, and the Stamp Act were put into effect. This only succeeded in intensifying the colonist’s resentment towards the British attempts to make larger their imperial authority. The subjects in the American colonies had become accustomed to running their own affairs, thus they were getting ever more impatient....
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...Assignment Read Chapter 2, Section 1 (pages 40-49) and answer the following questions: 1. How did the French and Indian War harm the relationship between the North American British colonists and Britain? The French and Indian war harmed the relationship between the North American British colonists and Britain for many reasons. The British believed that the colonists did not provide enough support for the long and expensive war that Britain had fought in to protect them. However, the colonists were shocked by the weakness of British military tactics and demanded to be led by colonial officers, which the British viewed as treason. Also, since the French no...
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...|French and Indian war was a conflict between Great Britain and France that had |They had refused to help pay for Britain’s war debt and they also refused to follow the | |French and Indian War|resulted in Britain taking over all of French lands in North America. |mandate on where they could settle or with whom they could trade with. | | |The Sugar Act was passed by the English Parliament to offset the war debt |The Sugar Act was the first of Acts passed. It was an Act that the King had passed, to | |Sugar Act |brought by the French and Indian War and to help pay for the expenses of running|increase money in the pay of colonists. That money would go to British Government, and | | |the colonies and newly acquired territories. This act increased the duties on |was one of the taxes that made the colonists rebel against England. | | |imported sugar and other items such as coffee, indigo, wines and textiles. | | | |The Stamp Act was passed by Parliament and signed by the King. It created an |The Stamp Act was basically the “last straw” that the colonists were willing to put up | |Stamp Act |excise tax on custom documents, newspapers, college diplomas, licenses and most |with from Great...
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...examine the events and issues surrounding the Boston Tea Party. The intention of the research will be to set the overall order of issues that emerged and establish the political context in which the Tea Party would take place, and then to discuss the impact of the incident on the colonies, that would ultimately lead to the Revolutionary War. Understanding the importance of the Boston Tea Party cannot be obtained without an understanding of the issues and events that preceded it. The Party, which occurred in 1773, had its origins several years earlier, in the wake of the French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. In 1766, Parliament passed the Quartering Act, which provided for "billeting, provisioning and discipline of British forces, requiring colonial assemblies to provide barracks and supplies such as candles, fuel, vinegar, beer and salt for the regulars, costs of the Army in America at the 'dictate' of Parliament" (Tuchman 167). Further to this point, the Seven Years' War was over; why the need for such a large standing army in America? This first Quartering Act was, however, obeyed in general terms, and even partly rescinded as to enforcement (182), until other Parliamentary measures pointed up colonists' feeling of oppression. By 1767, the Stamp Act had been passed, and then revoked in the face of an American boycott of covered goods. In 1767, the Townshend Acts legalized import duties on "glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea." The stated resolution of these duties...
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...CHAPTER 3 America in the British Empire ANTICIPATION/REACTION Directions: Before you begin reading this chapter, place a check mark beside any of the following seven statements with which you now agree. Use the column entitled “Anticipation.” When you have completed your study of this chapter, come back to this section and place a check mark beside any of the statements with which you then agree. Use the column entitled “Reaction.” Note any variation in the placement of checkmarks from anticipation to reaction and explain why you changed your mind. Anticipation Reaction _____ 1. _____ 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. The British government usually left American colonists to make their own laws pertaining to local matters. American colonial trade was severely crippled by British trade laws. The European Enlightenment had little influence on the thought of American colonists. Because they were part of the British empire, colonists were constantly involved in England’s imperial wars with France and Spain. Parliament taxed the American colonists as a way to express its authority over them, not because it needed. the money. Colonists protested the Sugar Act and Stamp Act as violations of their rights as Americans. Colonists protested the Tea Act because it threatened to raise the price of tea. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading Chapter 3 you...
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...the power. Then there were smaller farmers (middle class), landless whites, indentured servants, and then slaves. 6. What were contemporary opinions on careers in the clergy, physician, and law fields? Clergy = most honored and respected job, wield great amount of power Physician = not very highly esteemed. Practices were poor as well. (bleeding) Lawyers = Disliked at first, many criminals represented themselves in court. Later though, seen as important tools. 7. Describe commerce, manufacturing, & agriculture in the colonies- make note of different regions. Agriculture = largest and most important industry, farmers can grow almost anything. Southern colonies grew tobacco and rice, middle grew grains and wheat, and North grew more for survival, but did a lot of fishing Manufacture = mostly shipbuilding in the North, rum and some small manufactured items. Was a much smaller industry. Skilled craftsmen were highly esteemed. Lumbering was most important, used for building ships masts on British ships. Commerce = used triangular trade to trade for manufactured goods in Britain and slaves in Africa. 8. Describe triangular trade. America would trade manufactured and raw goods for slaves in Africa and manufactured goods in Britain. Made a large triangle. 9. What were the two tax supported churches in the colonies? In which colonies were they found? What challenges or issues did both face? Anglican (Church of England) in Georgia, both Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and a part...
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...Causes of the American Revolution? Archive #1: Political cartoon on the stamp act Summarize: After the victory of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) the British took control over much of North America. The war ended up costing the British a lot of money they didn’t have. Parliament came up with multiple acts that would tax the colonist on some of their everyday needs to help raise money. The British government came up with the stamp act of 1765 which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. This made colonist furious. They began rebelling saying the tax was unconstitutional. The colonist brought down the act and this picture represents the “funeral of the stamp act” according to the aftermath of the rebellion. 1. If you were in parliament at the time would you have been for or against the act and why? (I would have been for it because they needed money for the damage to help their country and there people. The parliament gained more land for their people and the people don’t even want to give them 1 cent.) Who crafted it and why? This political cartoon was one of two created by Benjamin Wilson. Prime Minister Marques of Rockingham was the one who advised Benjamin to drawl the cartoon in hopes of convincing parliament to repeal the act. Who or what was the intended audience? This cartoon was projected towards the colonist and their success in getting rid of the act. The illustration shows parliament why they should repeal the act. What does the document...
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...This is exactly what happened between the colonists and Great Britain. As the colonists grew, to what Britain considered to be out of control, Parliament tried to limit the colonists by placing taxes and laws on them. The pressure that these laws put on the colonists drove the nail even further between the two. The political and economic events that led up to the American Revolution caused the start of the war because...
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