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CHAPTER 6 The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis, 1754–1775 The American Promise A History of the United States Fifth Edition CHAPTER 6 The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis, 1754–1775

I. The Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763 A. French-British Rivalry in the Ohio Country 1. French traders ally with Indians 2. British colonists form the Ohio Company 3. French military forts trespass on Virginia land 4. French and Indian War begins 5. Fort Necessity

I. The Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763 B. The Albany Congress 1. Repair trade relations and secure Indians’ help against the French 2. Albany Plan of Union

I. The Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763 B2. The War’s Early Years 1. From bad to worse for the English 2. Indians’ view on the French/English 3. Scalp-taking

I. The Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763 C. The War and Its Consequences 1. Braddock’s march 2. Braddock’s defeat 3. William Pitt 4. Treaty of Paris (1763) 5. Aftermath

I. The Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763 D. Pontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763 1. Indians excluded from Treaty of Paris negotiations 2. Antagonism toward the British grows among Indians 3. Pontiac’s Rebellion 4. Proclamation of 1763

II. The Sugar and Stamp Acts, 1763–1765 A. Grenville’s Sugar Act 1. Grenville enforces customs duties 2. Revenue Act of 1764 3. Tension between British officials and American shippers B. The Stamp Act 1. Another attempt to alleviate national debt 2. Taxation with consent? 3. “Virtual representation”

II. The Sugar and Stamp Acts, 1763–1765 C. Resistance Strategies and Crowd Politics 1. Patrick Henry and the Virginia Resolves 2. Samuel Adams and others organize the “Sons of Liberty” D. Liberty and Property 1. Crowd violence proliferates throughout the colonies 2. Stamp Act Congress 3. Britain’s response to American demonstrations

III. The Townshend Acts and Economic Retaliation, 1767–1770 A. The Townshend Duties 1. Revenue Act of 1767 2. Controversial provisions 3. Colonial assemblies protest B. Nonconsumption and the Daughters of Liberty 1. Boycott of all British-made goods 2. Nonconsumption and nonimportation agreements difficult to enforce 3. Daughters of Liberty

III. The Townshend Acts and Economic Retaliation, 1767–1770 C. Military Occupation and “Massacre” in Boston 1. British troops occupy Boston in 1768 2. The Boston Massacre

IV. The Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts, 1770–1774 A. The Calm before the Storm 1. Repeal of the Townshend Duties 2. Gaspée incident 3. Committees of correspondence 4. Tea Act of 1773 B. Tea in Boston Harbor 1. Initial resistance to the Tea Act 2. Tea arrives in Boston in 1773

IV. The Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts, 1770–1774 C. The Coercive Acts 1. Punishment for Massachusetts for destroying the tea 2. Alarm in the colonies D. Beyond Boston: Rural New England 1. On the brink of open insurrection 2. Preparations for confrontation 3. Powder Alarm incident

IV. The Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts, 1770–1774 E. The First Continental Congress 1. Gathering of colonial representatives in Philadelphia in 1774 2. Debated possible responses to Coercive Acts 3. Produced declaration of rights 4. Non-recognition of colonial political bodies

V. Domestic Insurrections, 1774–1775 A. Lexington and Concord 1. Minutemen prepare to respond to threats in Boston 2. Gage plans attack on ammunition storage site at Concord 3. British and minutemen clash in Lexington and Concord B. Rebelling against Slavery 1. Freedom promised to slaves loyal to the British 2. Phillis Wheatley’s calls for freedom .