Week 7 Toward Independence Notes for today will cover: Review of colonies What is going on in colonies 1600s – 1770s Colonists are going to start to want independence from Britain 1600 – 1700 1700 – 1750 1750 – 1770s Week 7 Toward Independence

Update Table of Contents Pg. 26: Toward Independence Notes and Unit #2 Pre-Test, Exit Ticket Pg. 27: Unit #2 KWL and Vocabulary Pg. 28 Albany Plan of Union Pg. 29: French and Indian War Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1600 – 1700 European exploration, colonization and settlement Jamestown Massachusetts Bay Plymouth Colony Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1600 – 1700 13 colonies get settled New England Colonies – Shipbuilding, fishing, lumber Middle Colonies – Cattle and grain Southern Colonies – tobacco, rice, indigo Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1600 – 1700 Colonial Life Struggle at first Things get better Most colonists are living as farmers Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1700 – 1750 50,000 colonists  1 million+ colonists Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1700 – 1750 50,000 colonists  1 million+ colonists Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1700 – 1750 Most colonists content/happy with British Rule over them Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1700 – 1750 Colonists always had a right to make own laws and taxes Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1750 – 1770s Relationship between Britain and colonists changes French and Indian War occurs Before 1753: As colonies grew, colonists wanted to move across the Appalachian mountains into the Ohio Valley Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1750 – 1770s Relationship between Britain and colonists changes 1754 – Benjamin Franklin proposes the Albany Plan of Union “Join or Die” Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1750 – 1770s Relationship between Britain and colonists changes Wars cost money! To pay for the F&I war, British impose “unfair” taxes on colonists 1764 – British army in colonies expands to 7,500 men 1764 – Sugar Act 1765 – Stamp Act 1765 – Quartering Act 1767 – Townshend Acts 1770 – All taxes repealed, except the one on tea. Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1750 – 1770s Relationship between Britain and colonists changes Controversial events make British and colonists not trust each other anymore. Some colonists will start to protest. 1770 – Boston Massacre 1773 – Boston Tea Party 1774 – Intolerable Acts Week 7 Toward Independence

Week 7 Toward Independence 1750 – 1770s Some colonists are going to pave the road to independence away from Britain 1774 – First Continental Congress 1775 – First shots of the American Revolution fired at Lexington and Concord Week 7 Toward Independence