APUSHing With Mr. Crossen Period 3

Period 3’s Theme “British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies and the colonial reaction to these attempts produced a new American republic, along with struggles over the new nation’s social, political, and economic identity.”—From the College Board’s 2015 revised Key Concepts What to expect: French and Indian War End of Salutary Neglect Conflict between the Colonies and the imperial government War and the Independence movement Early U.S. society, politics, and economy

3.1 “Britain’s victory over France in the imperial struggle for North America led to new conflicts among the British government, the North American colonists, and American Indians, culminating in the creation of a new nation, the United States.”—From the College Board’s 2015 revised Key Concepts What to expect: French and Indian War (a.k.a. Seven Years War) Pontiac’s Rebellion Proclamation of 1763 Iroquois division during the War for Independence Northwest Indian Wars (Little Turtle) after Independence

3.1.I “Throughout the second half of the 18th century, various American Indian groups repeatedly evaluated and adjusted their alliances with Europeans, other tribes, and the new United States government.”

3.1.I.A “English population growth and expansion into the interior disrupted existing French-Indian fur trade networks and caused various Indian nations to shift alliances among competing European powers.”—From the College Board’s 2015 revised Key Concepts What to expect: Disputes over the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes More Indians side with the French Add mercantilism and this means war

Much Risk for Want of Wealth Price per beaver parchment and coat (in London) 1713-1722: 5 shillings 1723-1745: 7-9 shillings 1746-1754: 12 shillings Most Indians preferred trade with the French.

Context for Conflict Beaver Wars of Period 2 The lucrative trade at stake How mercantilism turns an economic rivalry into a political conflict. George Washington’s ill-advised actions Franco-Amerindian relations v. Anglo-Amerindian relations Braddock’s disastrous defeat Pitt’s strategy proves the conflict

3.1.I.B “After the British defeat of the French, white-Indian conflicts continued to erupt as native groups sought both to continue trading with Europeans and to resist the encroachment of British colonists on traditional tribal lands.”—From the College Board’s 2015 revised Key Concepts What to expect: Pontiac’s Rebellion Proclamation of 1763 Colonial resentment

Notice the Red Coats…

Proclamation Act of 1763 British close lands to settlement Colonists resent this and claim right to settle 10,000 redcoats enforce the proclamation 10,000 redcoats have to be quartered and paid…

Many Colonists… Go Anyway

British Indian Allies: The Iroquois

French Indian Allies: Huron, Algonquian, Abenaki, Pretty Much All the Others…

Chief Little Turtle and the Western Confederacy Old problems for new country Miami Indians Treaty of Greenville

3.1.II “During and after the imperial struggles of the mid-18th century, new pressures began to unite the British colonies against perceived and real constraints on their own economic activities and political rights, sparking a colonial independence movement and war with Britain.”