Name: ______Chapters 6-8 Video Guide for The American Pageant
Big Idea Guided Notes Areas of Questions Concern French and Indian War
• 1754: Albany Plan of Union • 1754 – 1763: 7 Years War • 1763: 4 HUGE EVENTS! – End of ______
– End of ______
– Pontiac’s ______
– ______of 1763 Was Britain justified in ending 1760s Salutary Neglect? • Britain is in ______! Why? • Answer? – ______the colonists • Sugar Act: 1764 – Purpose to raise ______– Colonists ______• Stamp Act: 1765 – Tax on ______Commonly used goods – Colonists = • Stamp Act Congress: 1765 – Congress….. ______– First attempt at colonial unity ______British • Declaratory Act: 1776 – Britain can pass ALL laws (including ______) in the future • Townshend Acts: 1767 – Tax on imports (tea, glass, etc.) – Also ______
1770s
• Boston Massacre: 1770 – 5 colonists are killed, no British soldiers • Tea Act: 1773 – Bail out ______– Colonists are – This leads to…….. • Boston Tea Party: December 1773 – ______– This leads to…… • ______Acts (1774) – Closed port of Boston – Quartering Act Why were – This leads to…… American • 1st Continental Congress (1774) colonists – Colonial unity ______the British upset with the • Side Note: Quebec Act: 1774 Quebec Act? – Extended boundaries of ______– Granted Canadians right to practice ______
• Lexington and Concord: April 1775 – “Shot heard round the world” – Start of the ______• Second Continental Congress: May 1775 – Managed War Effort, eventually moved towards independence – De Facto Government • ______: July 1775 – Attempt to avoid full-blown war with Britain • Common Sense: January 1776 – Thomas Paine (T-Paine) Yeah! – Urged Colonists to ______• Declaration of Independence: 1776 – Formally broke away – Influences: Enlightenment – ______
Revolutionary War
• Battle of Saratoga: 1777 – Significance: France enters war on behalf of ______– Turning point in the war! • Battle of Yorktown: 1781 – Last major battle • Peace of Paris: 1783