1. Chapter 4 APUSH Mrs. Price
“You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.” – Charles Austin Beard

2. English-French Conflicts
European Wars:
King William’s War ( )
Queen Anne’s War ( )
King George’s War ( )

3. New World in 1750

4. Ohio Valley Became a point of contention between French & English
French build forts in valley
Fort Necessity & George Washington
English forced to surrender
English in Nova Scotia kicked out French Acadians

5. French & Indian War Also known as Seven Years War
Fought in America, Europe, W. Indies, Philippines, Africa, at sea
General Braddock headed English forces in New World
Native Americans attacked frontier settlements
British try full-scale invasion of Canada

6. Turning point of War: Pitt
Pitt changes tactics & leaders
1759: British capture Quebec
British win

7. Peace of Paris
English gets Canada, India, territory east of Mississippi River
France gave New Orleans to Spain
Spain gave Florida to England

9. Pontiac’s Rebellion
Ottawa leader Pontiac leads attacks on British forts
British use smallpox as weapon
Native Americans severely weakened

11. Impact Got rid of French threat
Native American & Spanish threat subsided
Unifying experience for colonists
Enlarged British debt
British Empire in N. America doubled

12. England Reasserts its Authority
Proclamation of 1763: Parliament forbids settlement west of Appalachian mountains
Sugar Act (1764): raised duty on sugar, new courts to try smugglers
Currency Act (1764): required colonial assemblies to stop issuing paper $

13. Quartering Act (1765): required colonies to provide food & quarters for British troops
Stamp Act (1765): tax on printed documents
All attempts to reassert mercantilist policies

14. Colonial Reaction Virginia Resolves (Patrick Henry)
-list of resolutions that would have limited Parliament’s power over colonies
- vetoed by H. of Burgesses
Stamp Act Congress (1765)
- intercolonial congress
- proposed that colonies could only be taxed by assemblies

15. Sons of Liberty: terrorized stamp agents
Non-importation Agreements: colonists boycotted English goods
Result: Repeal of Stamp Act & passage of Declaratory Act

16. Townshend Acts (1767) Import duty on glass, lead, paper, tea, etc.
Suspended NY assembly for refusing to comply with Quartering Act
Results: Increased smuggling, British troops sent to Boston, Boston Massacre

17. Boston Tea Party
British East India Co. was given a monopoly in the colonies
Colonial merchants get angry, spread rumor of conspiracy
Boston Tea Party

18. Coercive Acts (1774) Known as Intolerable Acts in colonies
Closed Boston port until damages paid
Restricted town meetings
Colonial officials accused of crimes would be tried in Canada or England
Gave British troops the power to take over taverns & live free in private homes 1.

19. Quebec Act French were guaranteed Catholic religion
Allowed to keep customs
Boundary of Quebec was moved south to Ohio River

20. First Continental Congress (Sept-Oct 1774)
12 of 13 colonies (no GA)
In Philadelphia
Complete boycott of British goods

21. Lexington & Concord
April 18, 1775: General Gage sent 1,000 men to capture Samuel Adams & John Hancock & to seize gunpowder in Concord
Night ride of Paul Revere & William Dawes
Colonists vs. British in Lexington: 8 colonists killed, 10 wounded
On way back from Concord, colonists fire, heavy British casualties