1. APUSHing With Mr. Crossen
Period 3

2. Period 3’s Theme
“British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies and the colonial reaction to these attempts produced a new American republic, along with struggles over the new nation’s social, political, and economic identity.”—From the College Board’s 2015 revised Key Concepts
What to expect:
French and Indian War
End of Salutary Neglect
Conflict between the Colonies and the imperial government
War and the Independence movement
Early U.S. society, politics, and economy

3. 3.1
“Britain’s victory over France in the imperial struggle for North America led to new conflicts among the British government, the North American colonists, and American Indians, culminating in the creation of a new nation, the United States.”—From the College Board’s 2015 revised Key Concepts
What to expect:
French and Indian War (a.k.a. Seven Years War)
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
Iroquois division during the War for Independence
Northwest Indian Wars (Little Turtle) after Independence

4. 3.1.I
“Throughout the second half of the 18th century, various American Indian groups repeatedly evaluated and adjusted their alliances with Europeans, other tribes, and the new United States government.”

5. 3.1.I.A
“English population growth and expansion into the interior disrupted existing French-Indian fur trade networks and caused various Indian nations to shift alliances among competing European powers.”—From the College Board’s 2015 revised Key Concepts
What to expect:
Disputes over the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes
More Indians side with the French
Add mercantilism and this means war

7. Much Risk for Want of Wealth
Price per beaver parchment and coat (in London)
: 5 shillings
: 7-9 shillings
: 12 shillings
Most Indians preferred trade with the French.

8. Context for Conflict Beaver Wars of Period 2
The lucrative trade at stake
How mercantilism turns an economic rivalry into a political conflict.
George Washington’s ill-advised actions
Franco-Amerindian relations v. Anglo-Amerindian relations
Braddock’s disastrous defeat
Pitt’s strategy proves the conflict

9. 3.1.I.B
“After the British defeat of the French, white-Indian conflicts continued to erupt as native groups sought both to continue trading with Europeans and to resist the encroachment of British colonists on traditional tribal lands.”—From the College Board’s 2015 revised Key Concepts
What to expect:
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
Colonial resentment

11. Notice the Red Coats…

12. Proclamation Act of 1763 British close lands to settlement
Colonists resent this and claim right to settle
10,000 redcoats enforce the proclamation
10,000 redcoats have to be quartered
and paid…

13. Many Colonists… Go Anyway

14. British Indian Allies: The Iroquois

15. French Indian Allies: Huron, Algonquian, Abenaki, Pretty Much All the Others…

16. Chief Little Turtle and the Western Confederacy
Old problems for new country
Miami Indians
Treaty of Greenville

17. 3.1.II
“During and after the imperial struggles of the mid-18th century, new pressures began to unite the British colonies against perceived and real constraints on their own economic activities and political rights, sparking a colonial independence movement and war with Britain.”