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1 Prelude to the Revolutionary War

2 Philip Syng

3 Gentry Highest social class in the colonies

4 The Great Awakening—Provoked Intense Emotion

5 George Whitefield

6 Enlightenment—”Age of Reason”

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8 Wars King William’s War (1689 – 1697) Queen Anne’s War (1702 – 1713)
King George’s War (1743 – 1748) French and Indian War (1754 – 1763)

9 Results of French & Indian War
British territorial claims greatly expanded British debt grew Resentment towards American colonists grew in Parliament American colonists unified against a common enemy Colonial militias saw themselves as a ‘people’s army’ Eliminates French power in North America Colonists no longer need British protection

10 Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)

11 Neolin – “The Enlightened One”

12 Proclamation of 1763

13 Repressive Measures Begin
Sugar Act (1764) Quartering Act (1765) Stamp Act (1765)


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