Alan Brinkley, American History Chapter 4: The Empire in Transition

Highlights Loosening Ties The Struggle for the Continent The New Imperialism Stirrings of Revolt Cooperation and War © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Loosening Ties A Tradition of Neglect Growing Power of Parliament Decentralized Colonial Administration Powerful Colonial Legislatures © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Loosening Ties The Colonies Divided Albany Plan A map of the New World (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Struggle for the Continent An Uneasy Balance of Power New France and the Iroquois Nation New Sources of Conflict France’s North American Empire The Iroquois Confederacy © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Struggle for the Continent Anglo-French Conflicts European Seeds of Conflict Fort Necessity A French map of North America, 1758 (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Struggle for the Continent The Great War for the Empire Braddock Defeated William Pitt Takes Charge Siege of Quebec Peace of Paris Consequences of the Seven Years’ War © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Struggle for the Continent The Seven Years’ War © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The New Imperialism Burdens of Empire The British and the Tribes Commercial versus Territorial Imperialists Britain’s Staggering War Debt George III’s Shortcomings The British and the Tribes Proclamation of 1763 White Encroachment © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Thirteen Colonies in 1763 The New Imperialism The Thirteen Colonies in 1763 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The New Imperialism The Colonial Response Sugar, Currency, and Stamp Acts Paxton Boys Regulator Movement Postwar Depression Political Consequences of the Grenville Program © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The New Imperialism North America in 1763 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Stirrings of Revolt The Stamp Act Crisis Internal Rebellions Effects of the Stamp Act Virginia Resolves Sons of Liberty Parliament Retreats Internal Rebellions The Tory’s Day of Judgment (Library of Congress) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Stirrings of Revolt The Townshend Program Mutiny Act Internal and External Taxes Colonial Boycotts © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Stirrings of Revolt The Boston Massacre Competition for Scarce Employment Samuel Adams The Boston Massacre (Library of Congress) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Stirrings of Revolt The Philosophy of Revolt The Tea Excitement England’s Balanced Constitution Virtual versus Actual Representation The Tea Excitement Revolutionary Discourse The Tea Act Boston Tea Party Coercive Acts Consequences © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Cooperation and War New Sources of Authority First Continental Congress The Conciliatory Propositions © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Cooperation and War Lexington and Concord General Thomas Gage The Revolution Begins Recruiting poster (Library of Congress) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 Cooperation and War The Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.