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Prelude to the Revolutionary War
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Philip Syng
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Gentry Highest social class in the colonies
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The Great Awakening—Provoked Intense Emotion
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George Whitefield
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Enlightenment—”Age of Reason”
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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)
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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
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Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)
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Neolin – “The Enlightened One”
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Proclamation of 1763
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Repressive Measures Begin
Sugar Act (1764) Quartering Act (1765) Stamp Act (1765)
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