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Crisis in the ColoniesChapter 5 U.S. History
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European Rivals in North America
• France posed the most serious threat to English colonies• The French were
determined to halt westward expansion by the English
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European Rivals in North America
• The Ohio River Valley linked French settlements in Canada and along the Mississippi River.• Ohio river marked the
western border of British-controlled lands
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French and Indian War
• Both the French and English sought Native American allies• French alliance with
the Iroquois nation led to early British defeats
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French and Indian War
William Pitt’s strategy for winning Britain's war with France was to use Britain’s best generals in North America.
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French and Indian War
• British troops were able to surprise the French at Quebec by climbing a steep cliff at night• The capture of Quebec
by the British led to the fall of New France
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Treaty of Paris
• After the Treaty of Paris, Britain and Spain controlled most of the land in North America• Quebec Act established
protection for rights of French Catholics
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Proclamation of 1763
• The Proclamation of 1763 was signed to avoid conflicts with Native Americans in the Ohio Valley• Proclamation Line of
1763 was designed to protect Native American lands
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Turmoil Over Taxation
• Parliament approved colonial taxes to help pay for the costs of the French and Indian War. • Stamp Act imposed
duties (taxes) on legal documents
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Turmoil Over Taxation
Parliament then passed the Townshend Acts, which taxed goods such as paper, paint, glass, and lead
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Turmoil Over Taxation
• Sons and Daughters of Liberty formed to protest taxes• Mercy Otis Warren
and Abigail Adams organized resistance to British taxes through their writings
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Turmoil Over Taxation
New colonial leaders emerged as tensions with Britain grew:• Samuel Adams • John Adams• Patrick Henry
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Boston Massacre
• British troops were sent to Boston to protect customs officials• Crowds threw
objects at soldiers• Troops shot into the
crowd, killing five
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Boston Massacre
• In response to the shootings, Samuel Adams wrote letters to other colonies to build outrage
• Letter-writing campaigns became the committees of correspondence to report of events in Massachusetts
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Boston Massacre
•British troops were given a fair trial in a colonial court
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From Protest to Revolution
• Colonists protested the Tea Act by boycotting British tea
• Boston Tea Party: “Boston harbor is a teapot tonight! The Mohawks are come!”
• Colonists destroyed British property
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Parliament Strikes Back
• In retaliation for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed laws punishing Massachusetts• Colonists called these
laws the Intolerable Acts because they were so harsh
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Intolerable Acts
• Laws placed limits on colonists’ rights to call town meetings.• Parliament shut down
the port of Boston• British soldiers were
housed in colonists’ homes
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Lexington and Concord
• British troops tried to seize colonists’ arms and ammunition• Colonial militia
drove the troops back to Boston
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Lexington and Concord
•Battles signaled the start of the American Revolution
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