1. The American Revolution

2. Causes

3. French and Indian War Aka: Seven Year War Results
Great Britain vs. France
Fought over control of land and fur trading
Colonists fought for the British > felt united against a common enemy
France lost Canada & land East of Mississippi River
Colonists develop land
Population increases
Women outnumber men … why?

5. King George III of England
Refused to listen to colonists’ demands
Issued Proclamation Line of 1763
Lands West of Appalachian Mtn. reserved for Native Americans
Response by Natives? By colonists?

6. Proclamation of 1763

7. Taxation Colonists forced to pay taxes to ease British war debt
Paid taxes without representation
Sugar Act: tax on sugar, coffee, textiles, wine > effect on prices?
Stamp Act: All official documents were taxed & money used to pay British soldiers in America
Navigation Act: restrict colonial trade with British

8. Boston Massacre
Based on the title & visual, how would you describe this event?

9. Colonial Resentment Sons of Liberty Boston Massacre
Samuel Adams led group of those opposed to British
Led attacks on British & urged boycotting British goods (i.e. Boston Tea Party after Tea Tax)
Boston Massacre
British troop presence increased
Mar a mob taunted British troops by throwing rocks & snow > troops fired shoots & 3 colonists died

10. American Leaders Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin
Author of Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Went to Europe to gain support (& money) for colonists
Thomas Paine (Common Sense)

11. The Course of the War

12. British Advantages Better army and navy (best in the world)
Financially secure
Local support from loyalists

13. American Advantages Home-field advantage
Motivation to win → Independence
Many European nations supported colonists
George Washington – brilliant strategist & military leader who tried to draw out the war to make it expensive for Britain

14. Colonist Propaganda

15. Effects

16. Treaty of Paris
Treaty signed that recognized independence of the United States
Western border set at the Mississippi River
Native American issues with borders

17. Effects for the British
Lose colonies in New World
Forced to search for new markets

18. Effects for the United States
25% of the population either dead or left the colonies
No established government in place
Westward expansion began

19. Other Issues
Disputes over territory between the United States & Great Britain; United States & Spain
France nearly bankrupt from helping the US
Dutch navy destroyed