1. Colonial Unrest French Indian War - Revolution

2. French and Indian War British / Colonists / Indians V. French / Indians Fighting for control of the continent

3. John Peter Zenger Freedom of the Press

4. John Locke Life, liberty, property Social contract English political philosopher

5. Francis Parkman Historian Studied the struggle between France & Great Britain for North America

6. General Braddock British Commander Killed at the Battle of Fallen Timbers

7. William Pitt (1708-1778) British Sec. of State during French Indian War

8. General James Wolfe British General Led attack on Quebec won

9. Marquis de Montcalm French leader defeated at Quebec

10. Pontiac Ottawa Chief Pontiac’s rebellion After French and Indian war Defeated (Smallpox blankets)

11. James Otis Colonial lawyer Argued against writs of Assistance & the Stamp Act

12. Paxton Boys After murdering the Conestoga Indians in Lancaster, the Paxton Boys threatened to march on Philadelphia and kill any Indians they found there. This political print depicts the general confusion that the Paxton Boys caused in Philadelphia, where local elites scrambled to raise a force to defend the city.

13. Patrick Henry Virginia Resolves Orator VA House of Burgesses “Give me liberty or give me death!”

14. Sons of Liberty

16. John Dickinson Declaration of colonial rights = “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania” Protested the Townshend Acts Opposed the Revolution

17. Sam Adams MA politician Organized Sons of Liberty & Nonimportation Commission Leader of the Boston Tea Party

18. Boston Massacre

19. Crispus Attucks 1 st martyr of the American Revolution Died at the Boston Massacre

20. John Adams

21. Carolina Regulators

22. Western frontiersmen rebelled against taxes imposed by the Eastern colonial gov’t of NC. Crushed by Gov. Tryon in 1771

23. John Paul Jones Founded US Navy “I have not yet begun to fight”