decisions made by the British towards the colonies during the period between 1763-1776 led to eventual revolution‚ and the eventual loss of Britain’s North American colonies. During the peace that developed after the French & Indian war‚ England‚ attempting to avoid open conflict with Native American tribes after gaining a tremendous amount of land from the French’s defeat‚ issued the Proclamation of 1763. This proclamation issued that white settlers could go no farther than the Appalachian Mountains
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of Dominion of New England 1688 Glorious Revolution in England 1700 250‚000 settlers in English colonies 1704 First colonial newspaper 1720s Colonial economic life quickens 1739-1744 Great Awakening 1756-1763 French and Indian War 1763 Proclamation Line established 1763-1764 Pontiac’s Rebellion 1764-1765 Sugar Act and Stamp Act Controversies 1766 Declaratory Act 1767 Townshend Act‚ New York Assembly suspended 1770 Boston Massacre 1772 Committees of Correspondence formed
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In 1759 the British had many victories including‚ capturing the French islands‚ defeating the French in India‚ and destroying a French fleet. The greatest victory for them was when they defeated the capital of France‚ Quebec‚ which was thought to be impossible to attack. The fall of Quebec brought the fighting to an end‚ and a peace treaty was made allowing France to keep some sugar-producing islands and forcing them to give a lot of land to Great Britain. The treaty of Paris also marked the end
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pieces. 2. 1754-1763: a. French and Indian War i. War between Britain and France‚ and the Americans got stuck in the middle. ii. As English settlers moved into the Ohio Valley‚ the French tried to stop them by building outposts to protect their fur trade and control of the region. iii. Native Americans allied with the French iv. English won and took control of Canada and everything east of the Mississippi Valley. v. French only kept two sugar islands. b. Treaty of Paris 1763 i. Major turning
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Colonial 1. 1971 “Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political and economic institutions.” To what extent and in what ways do you agree or disagree with this statement? 2. 1972 What role did unfree labor play in colonial American society? 3. 1973 From 1600 to 1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? 4. 1974 “Puritanism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction.” Apply this generalization
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DBQ The French and Indian war ended in 1763‚ meaning the economical‚ political‚ and ideological aspect of things changed significantly. The downfall that Britain took was essentially the reason why the American Revolutionary war happened. Before the French and Indian war colonist didn’t really have to worry about crazy taxes because the practically taxed themselves. Due to the colonist needing protection Britain stepped in‚ and they thought it was only fair that they raised the taxes to be able
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Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their land by way of war‚ and Great Britain‚ the motherland‚ taxing them harshly for war debt but the American colonists eventually made their way to what is today
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was fought from 1754 to 1763. In North America‚ it was a decisive British victory‚ banishing the French from their Canadian possessions. The war also gave invaluable military experience to George Washington. This war between Britain and France ended with the victorious British in debt and demanding more revenue from the colonies. With the defeat of the French‚ the colonies became less dependent on Britain for protection. Next‚ was the Proclamation of 1763. “Proclamation declared by the British
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The economic effects of the French and Indian War were mainly the tightening of the British and colonists’ mercantilist relationship and the Acts imposed by Great Britain towards its American colonies to facilitate the payment of the war debt. By 1763‚ the Seven Years War had already come to an end‚ leaving Britain bankrupt because of the great amount of money it had spent protecting its overseas colonies from the French and Indian threat. The British Order in Council stated the establishment of
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we all knew it. It’s really amazing to think about how all of the ten acts influenced America’s to start the Revolutionary War. The ten acts that lead to the the Revolutionary War are Navigation Act‚ French and Indian War‚ Pontiac’s Rebellion‚ Proclamation‚ The Sugar Act‚ The Stamp Act‚ Declaratory Act‚ The Townshend Act‚ The Boston Massacre‚ Boston Tea Party‚ and Intolerable Act. All these acts‚ wars‚ and rebellions started with The Navigation Act.Paragraph #2 Navigation Acts of 1660
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