Causes: The Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) lasted from 1756 to 1763‚ forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War. In the early 1750s‚ France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought it into conflict with the claims of the British colonies‚ especially Virginia. Groups involved: France ‚ New France‚Wabanaki Confederacy‚ Abenak ‚iMi’kmaq ‚AlgonquinCaughnawaga Mohawk‚ Lenape ‚Ojibwa
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2. Describe the theory & practice of mercantilism & explain why Americans resented it. 3. Describe the goals of the King‚ Prime Minister‚ & Parliament. 4. Explain why Great Britain attempted tighter control & taxation of Americans after 1763. 5. Describe the methods of colonial resistance that forced repeal of all taxes except the tax on tea. 6. Explain how sustained agitation & resistance to taxes led to the Intolerable Acts & the outbreak of war. 7. Evaluate the effectiveness
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across the plains attack. Although the French retaliated‚ the British held their ground. The French knowing that defeat was inevitable retreated and later signed the articles of Capitulation‚ which turned over Quebec to the British. On February 10‚ 1763‚ the Treaty of Paris is signed which kicking out the French from North America. Britain Gain control of Canada and land east of the Mississippi except New Orleans‚ while Spain gains land west of the Mississippi river. Colonials desired to settle
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McIntosh Supreme Court decision - This case involved the validity of land sold by tribal chiefs to private persons in 1773 and 1775. The Court held that that Indian tribes had no power to grant lands to anyone other than the federal government. The government‚ in turn‚ held title to all Indian lands based upon the "doctrine of discovery"—the belief that initial "discovery"
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Slavery and ideas of liberty both developed across British North America up to 1763. In the eighteenth century‚ “the slave trade was a vital part of world commerce” (134). The expansion of trade and places in British North America called for an increase of slavery to account for the increase of goods. The eighteenth-century slavery also brought up the race factor in British America‚ the textbook stating that “Whites increasingly considered free Blacks dangerous and undesirable” while “Free Blacks
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The truth of the accounts that took place December 16‚ 1773‚ a day remembered by Americans as The Boston Tea Party‚ is one that is disputed. It seems as though there is a basic story of American patriots dressed as Indians‚ carrying tomahawks and hatchets boarding three ships in the Boston Harbor and throwing overboard over 300 cargo containers full of British East-Indian Company tea that was sent by England to tax the colonies without agreement. These acts were carried out without damage to any
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The seven years war is a very historical event for many reasons‚ and should be studied at schools around the world. The seven years war was basically the first world war. In the early 1750s‚ French explorers claimed what they called new France. Although the French already had a huge amount of land they still expanded into the Ohio River valley. The Seven Year’s War had many land changes between Britain‚ France‚ Spain‚ and the natives in North America. French colonist started to move farther and
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and rebelled against the British rule because the colonials didn’t support or like the idea of British imposing a huge amount of taxation on everything It all started‚ after the French and Indian War or the seven War that take place between 1756-1763. They were in a lot of debts‚ they taxed the colonies and because the government needed money to cover the costs of the French and Indian War. First‚ British increased their regulation of the American colonies. They wanted to make sure that the colonists
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Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution was caused by the colonists disagreeing with the British. The things that the british and colonists disagreed on were the Proclamation of 1763. One of the many things that the colonists thought needs changed is how the colonies approach war‚ which is why the political cartoon of a snake was made. The stamp act taxed most goods in the colonies. The Quartering Act angered colonists‚ and strengthened distrust between the colonists and the british
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Native Americans. Eventually‚ after years of fighting‚ Britain came out with the win and lots of new land. The British received territories of Canada from France and Florida from Spain. After winning the war‚ the King of Britain made the Proclamation of 1763. This was made
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