1. French and Indian War

2. 1620 – Plymouth Rock – Massachusetts
English Settlements
1607 – Jamestown - Virginia
1620 – Plymouth Rock – Massachusetts
Over the next century – huge influx of people migrating to the colonies

3. French and Indian War
By this time – 13 colonies or English colonies
To the west – French settlements
They begin to battle over territory - Pittsburgh
French and Indians against the British and colonists
American theatre of the Seven Years’ War (1756)
Both end in 1763 – Treaty of Paris
French land becomes British land
Trade, land to settle

4. Treaty of Paris
Britain claimed French land east of the Mississippi River
French lands west of Mississippi River - Spain
Treaty ends French power

5. Proclamation of 1763
Settlement was prohibited beyond Appalachian Mountains – land acquired
Avoiding further wars with Natives
This created much resentment by colonists toward crown

6. Huge Debt British in debt – costly war Tax Colonists – pay off debt
They benefited from war
1765 – Stamp Act
Legal documents, papers
Need stamp to be legitimate
No representation in Parliament for Colonists