Unit 1 Chapters 4,5,6

1. Unit 1Chapters 4,5,6 An empire in Transition

2. Questions to Think About • How did the Seven Years’ War change the balance of power in North America and Throughout the world? • What policies did Parliament implement with regard to the colonies in the 1760’s and 1770’s and why did Britain adopt these policies? • How did colonist respond to Parliament actions?

3. Causes of French and Indian War Control Trade Ohio River King William’s War 1689-1697 Queen Anne’s War 1701-1713 French and Indian War King George’s War 1744-1748

5. French and Indian War Summer 1754 George Washington Ordered to Ohio River Valley Get Out Frenchy! Goals Build a Fort Meet With French Ambassador

6. French and Indian War Fort Duquesne Attack!!!! Fort Necessity Washington Surrenders

8. General Braddock Defeated William Pitt Takes Command General Wolfe defeats Quebec Iroquois Nation

9. Consequences of French and Indian War Navigation Acts Treaty of Paris 1763 Albany Plan Britain Gets Canada and land east of Mississippi Proclamation of 1763 Spain gets Louisiana and Florida

10. Pontiac’s Rebellion

11. British Impose Taxes 1764 Currency Act 1764 Sugar Act 1765 Mutiny Act 1763 Paxton Boys

12. The Stamp Act 1765 Stamp Act Congress Protests Boycott Virginia Resolution Sons Of Liberty Sam Adams

13. “No Taxation Without Representation”

14. Townshend Acts 1766 Stamp Act Repealed Declaratory Act

15. Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks Committee of Correspondence John Adams Sam Adams

16. John and Abigail Adams

18. Quebec Act Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773 Intolerable Acts I’m Sorry • 1. Boston Harbor closed until tea was paid for. • 2. No town meeting • 3. Custom officials charged with crimes could be tried in Britain or Canada • 4. Quartering Act 1765= was fully enforced

19. First Continental Congress September 1774 Militia? Purpose To Discuss Coercive Acts Support Boston 12 Colonies Lets Meet Again!

20. Old North Church “The Redcoats Are Coming” Minuteman Paul Revere

22. Lexington and Concord “Shot Heard Round the World” April 1775

23. Questions to Think About • How did the Seven Years’ War change the balance of power in North America and Throughout the world? • What policies did Parliament implement with regard to the colonies in the 1760’s and 1770’s and why did Britain adopt these policies? • How did colonist respond to Parliament actions?

24. Chapter 5 Revolution Questions to Think About What were the military strategies (both British and American) of each of the three phases of the American Revolution? How successful were these strategies during each phase? How did the American Revolution become an international conflict, not just a colonial war against the British? How did the new national government of the United States reflect the assumptions of republicanism?

25. Second Continental Congress Traitors Olive Branch Petition Prohibitory Act Washington Given Commander Of Continental Army

26. Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.ThomasPaine Inspired the common man

27. Declaration of Independence Who Why Thomas Jefferson Let King know intentions John Adams Let the people of the world know Ideas Benjamin Franklin Let the colonist know Roger Sherman Gave Congress Power Robert Livingston

28. Don’t Shoot until you see the whites of their eyes Bunker Hill General Thomas Gage

29. Washington To Boston The Miracle of Boston

30. Washington’s Advantages Washington’s Disadvantages Little Gun Powder Men knew the terrain Few Muskets Little Food Self Sufficient No Discipline Well Motivated Poor Shelter Few cannons No Navy Fewer troops

31. Franklin and Adams To Paris Marquis de Lafayette To America

32. Financing the War Loans Fiat Currency “Continental” IOU Bonds

35. Washington Big problem • Winter is setting in • He has only 3,000 men left under his direct command • All of his men have signed up only until December 31st • Moral is very low • He needs a victory

36. December 30th a day of Reckoning

37. British Generals General Burgoyne American Northern British Commander General Howe British Supreme Commander General Cornwallis British Southern Commander

38. British Strategy Burgoyne Howe Cornwallis

39. Battle of Saratoga General Gates Results: Americans Win Burgoyne Surrenders GeneralBurgoyne

40. Significance of Saratoga and Germantown • Shows the French that American has the resolve to win the war • French declares war on Britain • Spain also agrees to help the Americans • Americans receive loans from Europe to help finance the war

41. Valley Forge PA Winter of 1777-1778 Marquis De Lafayette Washington’s Goals Washington’s Problems Keep an Eye on British Poor Supplies Enlistments Up Train His Troops Baron Von Steuben Desertion Resupply Disease and Illness Stop spread of Disease

43. Other Important figures of Revolution Henry Clinton New British Supreme Commander George Rogers Clark American Commander in the West African Americans Charles Lee American General John Paul Jones Commander of American Navy Molly Pitcher

45. Brutal Tactics Important figures in south Great Organizer Francis Marion American Southern Militia Leader Colonial Tarleton British Calvary Commander General Cornwallis British Southern Commander

46. Importance of Victory in the South Kept the British in the south and gave Washington time to join up with the French Destroyed the British army in south

47. Yorktown • Sept 1781 16,000 French troops had surrounded Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia • After weeks of fighting, Cornwallis surrenders on October 19, 1781 • The battle ends the war

48. Cornwallis Surrenders

49. Treaty of Paris 1783 • April 15, 1783 Congress ratifies the treaty that officially ends the war • Britain recognizes independence of the colonies • Florida is given to Spain • New England gets access to fisheries in Newfoundland • Loyalist= not prosecuted and property returned • Almost 8 years to the day of Lexington and Concord • Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay negotiate the treaty

50. Washington surrenders his sword December 1783