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1 Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e

2 Introduction Sources of Crisis Loosening Ties A Tradition of Neglect Growing Power of Parliament Decentralized Colonial Administration Loose and Inefficient Powerful Colonial Legislatures 2

3 Loosening Ties The Colonies Divided Albany Plan-1754 Lack of Coop. Disunity A Map of the New World (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 3

4 The Struggle for the Continent An Uneasy Balance of Power North America, 1696 (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 4

5 The Struggle for the Continent New France and the Iroquois Nation New Sources of Conflict France s North American Empire The Iroquois Confederacy A French Map of North America, 1758 (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 5

6 The Struggle for the Continent Anglo-French Conflicts European Seeds of Conflict Treaty of Utrecht-1713 Fort Necessity Defeat of Col. Washington Iroquois English French Name of Conflict Date of Conflict King William s War Queen Anne s War King George s War

7 The Struggle for the Continent The Great War for the Empire 7 First European World War Gen. Braddock Defeated William Pitt Takes Charge Siege of Quebec-French Defeat Peace of Paris-1763 Consequences of the Seven Years War England s Supremacy North America Colonial Resentment Devastating loss for Native Americans

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9 The Seven Years War 9

10 The New Imperialism Burdens of Empire Commercial Versus Territorial Imperialists Britain s Staggering War Debt George III s Shortcomings 10

11 The Thirteen Colonies in

12 The New Imperialism The British and the Tribes Proclamation of 1763 White Encroachment Supported by Native Americans 12.

13 North America in

14 The New Imperialism The Colonial Response Currency Act Sugar Act of 1764 Damaged Colonial Sugar Market Stamp Act of 1765 Colonial Opposition-Patrick Henry Paxton Boys Regulator Movement Postwar Depression Political Consequences of the Grenville Program 14

15 Stirrings of Revolt The Stamp Act Crisis Effects of the Stamp Act Virginia Resolves Sons of Liberty Sam Adams Parliament Retreats The Tory s Day of Judgment (Library of Congress) 15

16 Stirrings of Revolt The Townshend Program Mutiny Act Declaratory Act of 1766 Internal and External Taxes Colonial Boycotts 16

17 Stirrings of Revolt The Boston Massacre-1770 Competition for Scarce Employment Samuel Adams Symbol of British Opposition The Boston Massacre (Library of Congress) 17

18 18 Stirrings of Revolt The Philosophy of Revolt England s Balanced Constitution Unwritten Document Virtual Versus Actual Representation England believed Colonies represented in Parliament.

19 Stirrings of Revolt The Tea Excitement Revolutionary Discourse The Tea Act Boston Tea Party-1773 Coercive Acts Quebec Act- Rights for Roman Catholics Consequences Boycotts of British Goods 19

20 Cooperation and War New Sources of Authority First Continental Congress-1774 Repeal of Oppressive Legislation passed since 1763 The Conciliatory Propositions 20

21 Cooperation and War Lexington and Concord-1775 General Thomas Gage The Revolution Begins July 4, 1776 Recruiting Poster (Library of Congress) 21

22 The Battles of Lexington and Concord,

23 Patterns of Popular Culture: Taverns in Revolutionary Massachusetts 23

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