Chapter Four
Breaking the Bonds of
Empire, 1760-1775
America and Its Peoples:
A Mosaic In The Making, 5th ed.
Martin, Roberts, Mintz, McMurry, and Jones
North America, 1763
With the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Great Britain received
almost all of France’s holdings in North America
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Pontiac, an Ottawa war chief, rebelled against white settlers
who were moving onto tribal lands.
Colonial Products in the Mid-1700s
Quebec Act of 1774
By making the Ohio River the new southwest boundary of Quebec, the
Quebec Act cut into land the colonists wanted for expansion.