French and Indian War

UNIT 3 REVIEW

French and Indian War:

·  A war fought between the British and the French (the Indians sided with the French).

·  Fought over land.

·  Outcome led to the British placing the colonies under strict control and the British began taking them in order to pay back their war debt.

·  Proclamation of 1763- Colonist could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains, this land was left for the Indians.

o  Angered colonist, those who were already living west had to move back east.

Mercantilism:

·  The belief that the colonies existed for the benefit and wealth of the mother country.

Samuel Adams:

·  Supported the American Revolution and believed that the colonist should create a self-government of self-rule and personal freedom.

Place the following events in order:

·  Sugar Act

·  Stamp Act

·  Quartering Act

·  Tea Act

Reasons for the American Revolution:

·  Taxes placed upon the colonist = angered colonist

·  The British did not want the Colonists to become independent.

·  The British oppressed the colonist and their desire for self-rule.

Battle of Saratoga:

·  American forces won, the British surrendered.

·  Led to France entering the war.

·  French fight alongside the Americans.

Quartering Act:

·  No taxation without representation.

Effects of the Boston Tea Party:

·  Parliament closes down the port of Boston

·  Parliament imposes the Quartering Act

·  Parliament limits the number of colonial town meetings

·  The First Continental Congress meets.

Declaration of Independence:

·  Unalienable Rights- cannot be taken away or denied.

·  Written by Thomas Jefferson

·  Included sections that talked about the colonists wanting to build a new nation, personal freedom, fair government, a list of taxes, insults, and various issues the colonists had with the British.

·  Adopted by the Second Continental Congress

·  Similar to the Magna Carta in that certain rights are assured by the government.

·  Was a statement of grievances against England.

·  An effect of the D of I was the Revolutionary war.

·  Listed grievances from the Colonist.

o  Inability to pass colonial legislature.

Thomas Paine:

·  Wrote Common Sense, which influenced the Declaration of Independence.

John Locke:

·  Came up with the idea of unalienable rights.

Treaty of Paris:

·  Recognized the 13 colonies as independent states.

·  Gave New France to the British, which solved the problem the French and Indian War started.

Art, Muisc, and Literature:

·  Represent timeless American values

George Washington:

·  Received no salary when leading the American’s to independence during the American Revolution.