CONFLICTS IN THE COLONIES (1675–1774)

1. Chapter 6 CONFLICTS IN THE COLONIES(1675–1774) Section l: Trouble on the Frontier Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War Section 3: Trouble over Colonists’ Rights Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions

2. Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier OBJECTIVES • How did English colonists and American Indians view each other? • What wars did the English colonists fight against other European colonists? • How did the French and Indian War affect the British colonies?

3. Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier Relationship Between the English Colonist and American Indians • Sometimes they fought. • Sometimes they formed trade alliances.

4. Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier Colonial Wars • King William’s War (1689-1697) • Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) • King George’s War (1740’s) • French and Indian War (1754-1763)

5. Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier Effects of the French and Indian War The Treaty of Paris 1763: • redrew the political map of North America • changed the balance of power in North America

6. Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War OBJECTIVES • Why did many colonists move to the frontier? • What factors led to Pontiac’s Rebellion? • What was the Proclamation of 1763, and how effective was it?

7. Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War The colonists moved to the frontier for: • farmland • food

8. Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War Causes of Pontiac’s Rebellion • British desire to build colonial settlements on Indian land • Indian desire to abandon European practices and drive out the white people

9. Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War Proclamation of 1763 • Factors Leading to the Proclamation of 1763 • British leaders feared more fighting on the frontier. • They thought that these conflicts would disrupt trade and force Britain to spend more on defense. • The Proclamation of 1763 was ineffective because it was: • difficult to enforce • ignored by settlers and traders

10. Section 3:Trouble over Colonists’ Rights OBJECTIVES • Why did Great Britain create new taxes for the colonies? • Why did colonists dislike the new tax laws? • How did colonists challenge these new taxes?

11. Section 3:Trouble over Colonists’ Rights Great Britain created new taxes to: • finance the French and Indian War • finance a standing army

12. Section 3:Trouble over Colonists’ Rights No Taxation without Representation The new tax laws upset the colonists who cried, “No Taxation without Representation.”

13. Section 3:Trouble over Colonists’ Rights The colonists challenged the new taxes by: • boycotting certain goods • protesting the Stamp Act • forming the Sons of Liberty • calling the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765 Stamp Act (1765) – law passed by Parliament that raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents

14. Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions OBJECTIVES • How did colonists respond to the Townshend Acts? • Why were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party significant events? • What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

15. Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions Response to the Townshend Acts • Colonists organized boycotts on British goods. • Colonial legislatures protested and attacked homes of customs officials.

16. Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions The Boston Massacre and the Boston TeaParty were significant events because: • They demonstrated the colonists anger at the British government. • They forced the British to repeal the Townshend Acts to reduce tension.

17. Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions Purpose of the Intolerable Acts • punish Massachusetts • restore order in the colonies