The Duel for North America
KEY CONCEPT
• The British success in the French and Indian War
transformed the relationship between Britain
and the American colonies.
Ch. 6
The Clash of Empires
• French Mississippi
Valley (1682)
– Appalachian Mountains
• King William’s War (16891697)
The Clash of Empires
• Queen Anne’s War (1702)
– Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
The Clash of Empires
• King George’s War (a.k.a War
of Jenkins’ Ear) (1739-1748)
– Louisbourg (1745)
– Treaty Aix-la-Chapelle
(1748)
French and Indian War
(1756-1763)
• Ohio Valley
French and Indian War
• Albany Plan
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Benjamin Franklin
objective
“Join or Die”
importance
The end of the Seven Years’ War
• Treaty of Paris (1763)
The end of the Seven Years’ War
• British problems following
the war
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Governing
Revenue
Native Americans – Chief Pontiac
French Canadians
new trade
American colonists
Video
“The Conflict Ignites”
1. Social ladder
2. Commercial
ties
3. British military
protection
The American Revolution – Part 1 (Track 2 and 3)
12 min
Write answers into Right-Side notes:
1. What was the “social ladder”?
Why was the social ladder in
colonial America described as
“short and shaky”? Was this true
for Britain as well?
2. What were the commercial ties
between New England and Great
Britain? New England and the
West Indies?
3. Why did the American colonies
appreciate British military
protection for much of the 18th
century? Why did this change
after the French and Indian War?
Left-Side
“Six Degrees of Separation”
• Link the two terms with six other terms showing a chronological
cause and effect relationship between the two assigned.
– Number and identify each term/event/topic
– Support the events selection.
• Six Degrees of Separation: Jamestown to French and Indian War
1. Jamestown – what occurred and how did it lead to ….
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4.
event (cause and effect)
event (cause and effect)
8. French and Indian War – what occurred and how does it
reflect the final effect in the series.
Ch 2-6