French & Indian War🥖🫥
France allied with several Native American tribes, including the Algonquin, Lenape, Wyandot, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Shawnee, and Mi'kmaq.
Britain allied with American colonists and the Iroquois Confederacy
Who fought in the French & Indian War?
Name TWO British acts passed after the French and Indian War that increased colonial anger.
Possible answers: Navigation Acts, Sugar Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Quartering Act, Intolerable Acts.
British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people.
What happened during the Boston Massacre?
It officially declared the American colonies independent from Britain.
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
FUN FACT: Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence contained a 168-word passage that harshly indicted King George III for the slave trade, labeling it a "cruel war against human nature," but it was removed.
It officially ended the war and recognized American independence from Britain.
What did the Treaty of Paris (1783) do?
The country that won the French and Indian War.
Who is Great Britain?
The phrase colonists used to protests taxation without representation in the British Parliament. 💵😤
What is “No taxation without representation”?
Groups of colonists who protested British taxes by intimidating or tarring and feathering tax collectors and organizing boycotts of British goods.
Who were the Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty?
It was a pamphlet by Thomas Paine that argued for independence from Britain and helped convince many colonists to support the patriot cause.
What was Common Sense and why was it important?
It created a weak central government with only a legislative branch. It had no power to tax, no national army, no national currency, and required unanimous approval to amend laws. It was weak, but it successfully passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to organize western territories.
What were the Articles of Confederation (1777)?
Why is the French and Indian War sometimes called the “first world war”?
Because fighting took place on multiple continents, including North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.
Why did Britain begin heavily taxing the colonies after 1763?
Britain was deeply in debt after the French and Indian War and believed it was only fair that the colonies help pay for the war since Britain had protected them during the conflict.
After the Boston Massacre, Great Britain repealed most of the Townshend Acts but kept the tax on tea. The Sons of Liberty protested this Tea Act and taxation without representation by disguising as Indians and dumping British tea into Boston Harbor.
Why did the Boston Tea Party occur?
They were the first battles of the American Revolution, where the first shots were fired between British soldiers and colonial militias.
What happened at the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
What was the role of women in the American Revolution?
Women supported the war by managing farms and businesses, producing supplies, boycotting British goods, serving as nurses, and in some rare cases participating directly in the fighting.
It ended the French and Indian War and gave much of French land in North America to Britain (including the Ohio River Valley)
BONUS (FOR DOUBLE POINTS!): Why did the French and Indian War start?
What did the Treaty of Paris (1763) accomplish?
Young George Washington 😎✌️
Which act was the first direct tax placed on the colonies, requiring colonists to pay for printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents, and licenses?
BONUS: What was the first major tax act passed by Britain on the colonies that taxed imported goods like sugar and molasses?
What is the Stamp Act (1765)?
What is the Sugar Act (1764)?
What did colonists do in response to the Stamp Act (1765)?
The Stamp Act Congress was created, which was a meeting of delegates from several colonies who came together to protest the Stamp Act. Their main goal was to get Britain to repeal the tax, not to separate from Great Britain. At this point, most colonists still considered themselves loyal British subjects.
They created the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as commander.
What did the Second Continental Congress decide to do after fighting began?
It was the first major American victory after 6 months of losses, boosting morale for the Continental Army.
What did the Battle of Trenton accomplish?
Explain one major effect the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.
BONUS (FOR DOUBLE POINTS!): Why were colonists angry with the Proclamation of 1763?
Britain went heavily into debt and began taxing the colonies, increasing tensions that eventually led to the American Revolution.
Because it forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, limiting their expansion opportunities and making them feel that Britain was controlling land they believed they had earned through fighting in the war.
The British prime minister after the French and Indian War. He believed the colonies should help pay Britain’s war debt and the cost of protecting the colonies. Under his leadership, Britain passed laws such as the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act.
BONUS (FOR DOUBLE POINTS!): These were British laws passed between 1651 and the mid-1700s that controlled colonial trade by requiring the colonies to trade mainly with Britain and use British ships for commerce. Many colonists ignored or smuggled goods to avoid them under salutary neglect, until [The British Prime Minister] began enforcing them more strictly after the French and Indian War.
Who was George Grenville?
What were the Navigation Acts?
Why did the First Continental Congress meet, and what was its main goal?
The First Continental Congress met in response to the Intolerable Acts to protest British policies and demand that their rights as British citizens be respected.
It was a final attempt by the Second Continental Congress to avoid war by asking King George III to protect colonial rights and restore peace. It showed that colonists still hoped for reconciliation before fully declaring independence.
What was the Olive Branch Petition (1775), and why was it important?
This battle convinced France to ally with the Americans against Britain.
BONUS (FOR DOUBLE POINTS!): The FINAL major battle fought during the American Revolution, which ended in an American victory OFC!
Why was the Battle of Saratoga important?
What happened at the Battle of Yorktown?