2. • Colonies could
trade only with
England
• Upset colonies
who counted on
trade and
shipping for their
economy
3. French and Indian War 1754-1763
England taxed
the colonists to
help pay for the
war
Fought between England and
France over the Ohio Valley,
England won
4. Land ceded to Britain after the
French and Indian War
5. 1. It increased her colonial empire in
the Americas.
2. It greatly enlarged England’s
debt.
3. Britain’s contempt for the
colonials created bitter feelings.
Therefore, England felt that a
major reorganization of her
American Empire was necessary!
Effects of the War on Britain?
6. 1. It united them against a
common enemy for the first
time.
2. It created a socializing
experience for all the
colonials who participated.
3. It created bitter feelings
towards the British that
would only intensify.
Effects of the War on the
American Colonials
7. This political cartoon by Benjamin
Franklin encouraged the colonies to
work together during the French and
Indian War.
During this era,
there was a
superstition that a
snake which had
been cut into pieces
would come back to
life if the pieces
were put together
before sunset.
8. Proclamation of 1763
Created the Proclamation Line to keep colonists
from moving into the Ohio Valley
Further upset colonists
9. Stamp Act - 1765
• A special tax put
on all paper
goods to pay for
the F & I War
• Colonists refused
to pay the tax and
would not buy
(boycott) the
items that were
being taxed
11. Tea Act - 1773
• Colonists were
forced to buy
tea from a
British
Company, so
they
boycotted the
tea.
12. The Boston Tea Party- 1773
• Sons of liberty
(a protest
group) boarded
British ships
filled with tea
and dumped
the tea into the
harbor.
13. Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts - 1774
•England punished
colonies for the Tea
Party by closing Boston’s
harbor until tea was
paid for.
14. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774)
Lord North
1. Port Bill
2. Government Act
4. Administration of
Justice Act
3. New Quartering
Act
15. First Continental Congress (1774)
55 delegates from 12 colonies
Agenda How to
respond to the
Coercive Acts &
the Quebec Act?
1 vote per colony
represented.
They also listed
the problems they
had with King
George III
16. Second Continental
Congress -1776
• The Declaration of
Independence was
written.
• Explained WHY the
colonies were breaking
away from England.
21. The Virginia House of Burgesses votes
on a resolution claiming Parliament is
practicing "taxation without
representation" because Americans
are not represented there.
22. Stamp tax collectors arrive, but
resistance is strong. Some Americans
burn tax collectors’ houses.
23. The British repeal the Stamp Act and
Parliament passes customs duties on
lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.