1. The Road To The American Revolution, 1750s - 1776

2. Deep Roots & Growing Divisions I. “Salutary Neglect” II. Ideology and Indians III. Losing Control A. Identity and Colonial Nationalism B. Taxation and Resistance IV. Protest to Revolution A. Self-governance and independence

3. Underneath “Salutary Neglect” I. Glorious Revolution A. Reaction to absolutism of King James, 1680’s B. “Rights” and liberty C. Colonists gain confidence II. “left colonists alone” III. Divergent ideas of equality and representation

4. Social Differences I. Weak Aristocracy A. Less hereditary power II. More “open” land A. Geographical mobility

5. Imperial Conflicts I. French, Spanish and British Empires A. Power, land and wealth B. Constant warfare 1. King William’s War, 1688-97 2. Queen Anne’s War, 1702-14 3. King George’s War, 1739-48 4. French and Indian War, 1754-60 (7 Year’s War) C. Angered colonies and Indians D. Funded wars by increasing colonial taxes

6. Grand Settlement of 1701 Iroquois neutrality 1701-1750s Play off Fr vs. Br Keep trade Protect Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley

7. Country Ideology “Whig” Reaction to taxes and Br Military Feared power of the state Threat to liberty and property Blended with debates over taxation and representation Elitist

8. French and Indian War, 1754-1760

9. French and Indian War I. Colonists in Ohio Valley A. Fr & Indians attack west frontier B. Albany Congress, 1754 failed C. 1756 became “7 Years War” II. Iroquois Confederacy A. Refused to give up land B. Neutral since 1701 C. Iroquois ally w/ Br in 1760 III. William Pitt, Sec. State A. Crushed French

10. Battle of Bushy Run, PA (1763)

11. Treaty of Paris, 1763 I. Ends War A. French eliminated B. Lost land east of Mississippi River C. Kept New Orleans II. Sp. gets land west of Miss. III. Br. gets Florida

12. Proclamation of 1763 I. Line down the Appalachians II. No growth III. British Troops V. Angered colonies

13. Significance of French and Indian War I. French influence declined II. British power expanded III. Direct taxes for war debt IV. Br. increased military presence V. Conflicts between Br. and colonists

14. Native Responses & Views I. Excluded from Treaty II. Pan-Indian Response A. Neolin B. Pontiac (Ottowa) C. Pontiac’s Rebellion 1763-6 D. Attack from G.L. to VA E. Sir Jeffrey Amherst III. Centralize Indian Policy

15. Growing Tensions Colonists resent taxes Want to expand Dislike “interference” from Crown End of “salutary neglect” Different political ideologies

16. Colonial “Nationalism” I. Nationalism A. Common experiences B. Military service C. Print media D. Political beliefs E. Becoming “Americans”

17. Protest to Revolution I. Quartering Act 1765 A. Troops II. Sugar Act 1765 A. Raise revenue B. External, trade III. Stamp Act 1765 A. Internal tax B. Direct tax C. Angered colonists

18. Tar and Feathering a Tax Collector

19. Inching Towards Revolution I. Taxation without representation II. Sons of Liberty, Sam Adams III. Crown increased colonial administration IV. Townsend Revenue Acts 1767-- A. Non-Importation/boycotts B. Personal-political-nationalistic

20. Boston Massacre, 1770 I. Sons of Liberty II. British troops III. Public protests IV. Shots erupt into “massacre” V. Exaggerated

21. Committees of Correspondence 1772-4 I. Local political organizations II. Reaction to royal abuses III. Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson IV. Inter-Colonial cooperation & communication V. Leadership until Continental Congresses

22. Tea Tax 1773 Monopoly for British East Indian Tea Co Taxed tea purchases Boston Sons of Liberty stopped ships December 1773 dumped tea

23. Boston Tea Party 1773

24. First Continental Congress 1774 I. Growing Br. Control A. Intolerable Acts, esp. Mass Charter II. Philadelphia, 1774 A. Did not want war B. Committed to Br. crown C. Boycotts & Unity III. Committees of Observation and Safety A. “Local governments”

25. Verge of Revolution, 1775 I. Lexington and Concord, MASS II. Second Congress, 1775 A. Colonial army B. General Washington C. Olive Branch Petition to King George III III. Thomas Paine, Common Sense A. Rational argument for rebellion and independence IV. British seized American ships