The British & French Competition for North America APUSH

French Colonies in North America Please upload/open PSD- French Map of NA, 1777 (next slide) in order to answer the following questions together: In the French Map, why do you think so much of the Atlantic Ocean included in the inset map on the right? Compare the French map to the two maps hanging in the front of the classroom. What are the similarities and differences? What do these maps tell us about the importance of New World colonies for the French?

British Colonial Political & Economic Relations, 1607-1754 Royalization (9 of 13) Governor + colonial legislatures Economics Mercantilist System Acts of Trade & Navigation Smuggling & little enforcement Resulted in “Salutary Neglect” Political self-rule & democracy Economic diversification & growth Impact on slavery

European Wars of Empire The 2nd Hundred Years War(s) #1 King William’s War (1689-97; War of the League of Augsburg) #2 Queen Anne’s War (1702-13; War of Spanish Succession) #3 King George’s War (1744-48; War of Austrian Succession) All 3 Wars England v. France (the two superpowers) To control land, sea, & resources Had limited colonial involvement, but resulted in increased… Emotional identification with GB Political identification with GB

Albany Plan of Union Devised by Franklin Problems with Native Americans Rejected by Britain & the colonists

War for Empire #4: The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years’ War) 1754 to 1763 in the Colonies, 1756-1763 in Europe “More” Colonial than European Battles fought in North America To protect Trade To protect Land claims To protect relations with Indians (Pontiac’s Rebellion)

Treaty of Paris, 1763 Reading: SSD- History, WA Begins the 7YW British naval successes + French strategic miscalculations = French defeat; forced to relinquish most of its NA colonies British Victory → Problems More territory to protect Exhausted Treasury Changes in British/Colonial Interactions French loss → Problems Loss of a balance of power between the superpowers Loss of prestige

What would you do? You will be assigned one of two positions to argue… Acting as British citizens, propose to your royal monarch (just call me “Your Royal Highness Georgina II”) how Britain should try to solve its problems resulting from victory from the French & Indian War Acting as French citoyens, propose to Moi, your Royal Monarch, Louisa XV, how France should try to solve its problems resulting from their French and Indian War loss.

The French and Indian War: The War’s Aftermath French Solution(s)? Resolve to rebuild the French military for a war of revenge French treaty negotiator and naval minister, the duc de Choiseul, predicted this new war would be sparked by unrest in the colonies….

The French and Indian War: The War’s Aftermath British Solution(s)? Proclamation Line, 1763 Revenue (or revenue saving) Acts Sugar Act, 1764 Quartering Act, 1765 Stamp Act, 1765 Declaratory Act, 1766 But who’s in charge in Britain?

The result: One colonist complained in 1765: “A colonist cannot make a button, a horseshoe, nor a hobnail, but some snooty ironmonger or respectable button maker of Britain shall bawl and squall that his honor’s worship is most egregiously maltreated, injured, cheated, and robbed by the rascally American republicans.”

Review Questions Video: The Importance of the Seven Years’ War for the American Revolution (4:13) https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/590b9da0fd6ce83e5a5c7922/watch