The Duel for North America Chapter 6 review * Specific events (laws, acts, skirmishes) that eventually led to the Revolutionary War (chapters 6,7)
Early Concerns Peace after King William’s War ( ) & Queen Anne’s War ) in New World War of Jenkins’ Ear (King Georges War) 1739 Spanish and British
French and Indian War War of the Conquest, The Seven Years War Started by 21 year old Washington Ohio Valley Virginians fired 1 st shots- kill French leader Provide protection for colonies
Results of The French & Indian War Nearly bankrupts Britain Kicks French out of North America Spain gains land west of Mississippi Spain trades Florida for Cuba British need money Raise taxes from the wealthy colonists
Greatest Impact of French and Indian War United Colonists to some degree Intercolonial congress Fate of Native Americans Discovered “American” traits Proclamation of 1763