1. From British to American?
On your notes, spend two minutes answering these questions:
We’ve talked about differences among the colonies. What did they have in common? Were their similarities or differences more important?
What binds us together today as “Americans”?
Today we will learn about two events that started binding the colonies together as “Americans”

2. George Whitefield Preaching (John Collet, 1725-1780)

3. Enlightenment Great Awakening
Type of
movement?
Leaders?
Ideas?
Actions?
Intellectual
Reason-based
Philosophical
Religious movement that sweeps through England and the colonies
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
Colonies: Europe:
Ben Franklin John Locke Thomas Jefferson
All have Natural Rights: Life & Liberty
Can understand the world through reason and logic
Salvation does not come from following the church’s rules, but is between you and God
Challenge & question authority
Think for yourself
Challenge the authority of the church (Puritans, Quakers, Anglican)
New churches formed (Methodist, Baptist)

4. The French and Indian War 1754-1763
Cause: Colonial rivals Britain and France were in dispute over control over of the Ohio River Valley and overall domination of North America.
Participants: The British, the American Colonists and their Indian allies (Iroquois) against the French and their Indian allies (pretty much all the other Native Americans).
Short-term Outcome: After over 7 years of fighting, the British won and took control of North America east of the Mississippi.
The colonists feel closer ties to Britain after fighting for the home country.

5. The French and Indian War 1754-1763
Let’s say that again…Who fought who?
The British (together with their Indian allies, the Iroqouis) vs
The French (with their Indian allies….the Huron)
So what side were the colonists on??

6. “Ceded” means given away, or lost!
How do we prevent more Indian wars?
Proclamation Line of 1763
New Taxes on the Colonies!
How do we pay for that expensive war we just won?