1. CONFLICTS IN THE COLONIES (1675–1774)
CALL TO FREEDOM--Beginnings to 1877
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Chapter 6
CONFLICTS IN THE COLONIES (1675–1774)
Section l: Trouble on the Frontier
Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War
Section 3: Trouble over Colonists’ Rights
Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions
Chapter 6

2. OBJECTIVES Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier
How did English colonists and American Indians view each other?
What wars did the English colonists fight against other European colonists?
How did the French and Indian War affect the British colonies?

3. Relationship Between the English Colonist and American Indians
Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier
Relationship Between the English Colonist and American Indians
Sometimes they fought.
Sometimes they formed trade alliances.

4. Colonial Wars Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier
King William’s War ( )
Queen Anne’s War ( )
King George’s War (1740’s)
French and Indian War ( )

5. Effects of the French and Indian War
Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier
Effects of the French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris 1763:
redrew the political map of North America
changed the balance of power in North America

6. OBJECTIVES Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War
Why did many colonists move to the frontier?
What factors led to Pontiac’s Rebellion?
What was the Proclamation of 1763, and how effective was it?

7. The colonists moved to the frontier for:
Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War
The colonists moved to the frontier for:
farmland
food

8. Causes of Pontiac’s Rebellion
Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War
Causes of Pontiac’s Rebellion
British desire to build colonial settlements on Indian land
Indian desire to abandon European practices and drive out the white people

9. Section 2: Consequences of the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Factors Leading to the Proclamation of 1763
British leaders feared more fighting on the frontier.
They thought that these conflicts would disrupt trade and force Britain to spend more on defense.
The Proclamation of 1763 was ineffective because it was:
difficult to enforce
ignored by settlers and traders

10. OBJECTIVES Section 3: Trouble over Colonists’ Rights
Why did Great Britain create new taxes for the colonies?
Why did colonists dislike the new tax laws?
How did colonists challenge these new taxes?

11. Great Britain created new taxes to:
Section 3: Trouble over Colonists’ Rights
Great Britain created new taxes to:
finance the French and Indian War
finance a standing army

12. No Taxation without Representation
Section 3: Trouble over Colonists’ Rights
No Taxation without Representation
The new tax laws upset the colonists who cried, “No Taxation without Representation.”

13. The colonists challenged the new taxes by:
Section 3: Trouble over Colonists’ Rights
The colonists challenged the new taxes by:
boycotting certain goods
protesting the Stamp Act
forming the Sons of Liberty
calling the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765
Stamp Act (1765) – law passed by Parliament that raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents

14. OBJECTIVES Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions
How did colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?
Why were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party significant events?
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

15. Response to the Townshend Acts
Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions
Response to the Townshend Acts
Colonists organized boycotts on British goods.
Colonial legislatures protested and attacked homes of customs officials.

16. Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions
The Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party were significant events because:
They demonstrated the colonists anger at the British government.
They forced the British to repeal the Townshend Acts to reduce tension.

17. Purpose of the Intolerable Acts
Section 4: New Taxes and Tensions
Purpose of the Intolerable Acts
punish Massachusetts
restore order in the colonies