1. Conflicts in the Colonies
CHAPTER 6
Conflicts in the Colonies
Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier
Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War
Section 3: Trouble over Taxes
Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions

2. SECTION 1
Trouble on the Frontier
Question:
What were the effects of the French and Indian War on the British colonies?

3. Trouble on the Frontier
SECTION 1
Trouble on the Frontier
Cause
Effects
French and Indian War
British colonies grew in size.
Britain became a dominant power in the Americas.
Spain grew in power in the Americas.

4. SECTION 2
Consequences of the French and Indian War
Question:
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763, and how effective was it?

5. Consequences of the French and Indian War
SECTION 2
Consequences of the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Purpose:
Effectiveness:
to keep settlers from fighting with American Indians by not allowing settlement across the Appalachian Mountains
not very effective; colonists crossed the Appalachians and continued to fight with American Indians

6. SECTION 3
Trouble over Taxes
Question:
What were some of the reasons why the colonists disliked the new tax laws?

7. Reasons Colonists Disliked the Taxes:
SECTION 3
Trouble over Taxes
New Taxes
Reasons Colonists Disliked the Taxes:
taxation without representation
reflected British efforts to gain more control
challenged the colonists’ efforts to be more autonomous
hurt colonial economy

8. SECTION 4
New Taxes and Tensions
Question:
What were the purposes of the Intolerable Acts, and what were the results of these acts?

9. New Taxes and Tensions SECTION 4 THE INTOLERABLE ACTS Results Purpose
closed Boston Harbor
Massachusetts’s charter canceled
royal officials allowed to be tried in Britain
Quartering Act established for Boston
General Thomas Gage new governor of Massachusetts
Purpose
Causes
to force the colonists to submit to British authority
prevent any further protests
continued protests by the colonists
Boston Tea Party

10. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 6
1. How did the wars between France and Great Britain affect the British colonists in North America?
2. What region did American pioneers settle during the 1760s, and what happened as a result?
3. How did Americans react when they were taxed by Parliament, in which they were not represented?