1. Road to the American Revolution

2. Poor Richard’s Almanac

3. Jonathan Edward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

4. French and Indian War begins

6. What were the French and the English fighting over
What were the French and the English fighting over? Why did the war begin?
Ohio River Valley-
also called NW Territory. American settlers moving into the area- clashed with Indians and French.

7. Lt. Col. George Washington moves troops west of Virginia

8. Shawnees and Delawares Good Military Leaders Spanish alliance **
FRENCH
ENGLISH
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
Large land area
Controlled the Miss. R.
Shawnees and Delawares
Good Military Leaders
Spanish alliance
Concentrated Population
Iroquois
Vested interest
Strong navy
Small population
Focused more on problems in Europe
no vested interest
Traditional military fighting
No unity (Albany Plan of Union failed)
Colonists gave limited support
Incongruous fighting style

9. Albany Congress and Colonial Unity

10. Treaty of Paris
France --> lost her Canadian possessions, most of her empire in India, and claims to lands east of the Mississippi River.
Spain --> got all French lands west of the Mississippi River, New Orleans, but lost Florida to England.
England --> got all French lands in Canada, exclusive rights to Caribbean slave trade, and commercial dominance in India.

11. Effects of the War on Britain?
1. Increased Colonial Empire
2. Enlarged England’s debt.
3. Contempt=Bitterness
Therefore, England felt that a major reorganization of her American Empire was necessary!

12. Effects of the War on the American Colonials
1. united against a common enemy
2. socializing experience
3. Bitterness from Contempt

14. Pontiac’s Rebellion

15. Mad King George III

16. The Stamp Act Crisis

17. Stamp Act Crisis

18. Quartering Act

19. Townshend Act

20. Boston Massacre

21. Boston Tea Party

22. Intolerable Acts

23. Lexington and Concord

24. Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”

25. The Declaration of Independence