1. The British & French Competition for North America
APUSH

2. French Colonies in North America
Please upload/open PSD- French Map of NA, 1777 (next slide) in order to answer the following questions together:
In the French Map, why do you think so much of the Atlantic Ocean included in the inset map on the right?
Compare the French map to the two maps hanging in the front of the classroom. What are the similarities and differences?
What do these maps tell us about the importance of New World colonies for the French?

4. British Colonial Political & Economic Relations, 1607-1754
Royalization (9 of 13)
Governor + colonial legislatures
Economics
Mercantilist System
Acts of Trade & Navigation
Smuggling & little enforcement
Resulted in “Salutary Neglect”
Political self-rule & democracy
Economic diversification & growth
Impact on slavery

5. European Wars of Empire
The 2nd Hundred Years War(s)
#1 King William’s War ( ; War of the League of Augsburg)
#2 Queen Anne’s War ( ; War of Spanish Succession)
#3 King George’s War ( ; War of Austrian Succession)
All 3 Wars
England v. France (the two superpowers)
To control land, sea, & resources
Had limited colonial involvement, but resulted in increased…
Emotional identification with GB
Political identification with GB

6. Albany Plan of Union Devised by Franklin
Problems with Native Americans
Rejected by Britain & the colonists

7. War for Empire #4: The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years’ War) 1754 to 1763 in the Colonies, in Europe
“More” Colonial than European
Battles fought in North America
To protect Trade
To protect Land claims
To protect relations with Indians (Pontiac’s Rebellion)

8. Treaty of Paris, 1763 Reading: SSD- History, WA Begins the 7YW
British naval successes + French strategic miscalculations =
French defeat; forced to relinquish most of its NA colonies
British Victory → Problems
More territory to protect
Exhausted Treasury
Changes in British/Colonial Interactions
French loss → Problems
Loss of a balance of power between the superpowers
Loss of prestige

9. What would you do? You will be assigned one of two positions to argue…
Acting as British citizens, propose to your royal monarch (just call me “Your Royal Highness Georgina II”) how Britain should try to solve its problems resulting from victory from the French & Indian War
Acting as French citoyens, propose to Moi, your Royal Monarch, Louisa XV, how France should try to solve its problems resulting from their French and Indian War loss.

10. The French and Indian War: The War’s Aftermath
French Solution(s)?
Resolve to rebuild the French military for a war of revenge
French treaty negotiator and naval minister, the duc de Choiseul, predicted this new war would be sparked by unrest in the colonies….

11. The French and Indian War: The War’s Aftermath
British Solution(s)?
Proclamation Line, 1763
Revenue (or revenue saving) Acts
Sugar Act, 1764
Quartering Act, 1765
Stamp Act, 1765
Declaratory Act, 1766
But who’s in charge in Britain?

12. The result: One colonist complained in 1765:
“A colonist cannot make a button, a horseshoe, nor a hobnail, but some snooty ironmonger or respectable button maker of Britain shall bawl and squall that his honor’s worship is most egregiously maltreated, injured, cheated, and robbed by the rascally American republicans.”

13. Review Questions
Video: The Importance of the Seven Years’ War for the American Revolution (4:13)