1. Constitution Rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgCTQJGiDDI Constitution Original Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuHNq_iEBDY

2. Enlightenment: a cultural movement which emphasized the power of human reason to understand the shape of the world. It focused on education and appealed to well- educated men and women. Ultimately, the Enlightenment promote independent thinking, transforming American intellectual and cultural life—this was a small step towards independence with England as Americans were starting to find their own identity. The Great Awakening: a religious movement that focused on non-traditional religious revival. This introduced the colonies to different ways of practicing religion and promoted an individual’s right to choose. This began to create a unique American identity that would separate the colonists from Englishmen. Deism: the belief that god had created the world but allowed it to operate through the laws of nature. The deist’s God was a divine “watchmaker” who did not intervene directly in history or in people’s lives. Deism impacted the colonies by introducing a new way of thinking that emphasized education and an alternative to religious practices—leading to independence in thought AND action.

4. North America in 1750 On the Road to Conflict North America in 1750 On the Road to Conflict

5. Tensions Rise VA land speculators and London merchants form Ohio Company, claiming 200,000 acres of land in the Ohio Valley... land controlled by the Iroquois.

6. 1754  Albany Congress and Plan of Union Board of Trade (set up by William & Mary) called a meeting to ease tensions with Iroquois/address issues in the Ohio Valley. Albany Plan – proposed by Ben Franklin – stated that each colony would keep its own constitution, but that on all other matter (Indians, westward expansion, military issues) they would decide as a united front/continental assembly. British and colonists quickly rejected this idea...Why?

7. Meanwhile, the French Respond … The French were concerned about the Ohio Company/ colonial expansion policy and their relationship with the Indians. Historically the French worked with the Indians to control British westward expansion.  built a series of forts. Ft. Dusquesne

8. British French 1754  War Begins VA Gov. (and Ohio Co. shareholder) sends military expedition into Ohio territory. (modern day OH/PA border) Mission was to “inform French they didn’t belong there” Leader of the expedition-- George Washington--quickly surrounded and sent packing… Hailed as a hero for taking on the sworn enemy of England! Some members of Parliament and Board of Trade called for war (Pitt, Halifax)

10. 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 and west of Appalachians, exclusive rights to Caribbean slave trade, and commercial dominance in India. 1763  Treaty of Paris

11. North America in 1750

12. North America in 1763

13. Impact of the French and Indian War

14. British March in formation or bayonet charge. Br. officers expected to take charge of colonials. Prima Donna Br. officers with servants & tea settings. Drills & tough discipline. Colonists should pay for their own defense. Indian-style guerilla tactics. Col. militias served under own captains. No mil. deference or protocols observed. Resistance to rising taxes. Casual, non-professionals. Methods of Fighting: Military Organization: Military Discipline: Finances: Demeanor: British-American Colonial Tensions Colonials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niD-AKpAJNc

15. Effects of the War On Britain It increased her colonial empire in the Americas. It increased her colonial empire in the Americas. It greatly enlarged England’s debt.It greatly enlarged England’s debt. Britain’s contempt for theBritain’s contempt for the colonials created bitter colonials created bitter feelings. feelings. England felt that a major reorganization of her American Empire was necessary! (end of salutary neglect!) On the Colonies It united them against a common enemy for the first time.It united them against a common enemy for the first time. It created a socializing experience for all the colonials who participated.It created a socializing experience for all the colonials who participated. It created bitter feelings towards the British that would only intensify. It created bitter feelings towards the British that would only intensify.

16. 1763  Pontiac’s Rebellion Fort Detroit Settlement: Indians in OH must defer to British politically & British will limit settlement west of the Appalachians  The Aftermath: Tensions Along the Frontier Ottawa Chief Pontiac will lead brief—an ultimately unsuccessful—uprising against the British in the Ohio Valley

17. Proclamation of 1763

18. In what ways did the French and Indian War alter the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies?