AP U.S. History – Unit 1 – PreColonial and Colonial Eras

Chapter 6: The Duel for North America (1608 – 1763)

Enduring Understanding: There were many social, political, religious, international, technological, and economic push and pull factors that contributed to European expansionism and the colonization of the Americas; they formed the foundation for the American way of life.

Concepts: Expansionism, Mercantilism, Colonization, Civilization, Exploitation, Capitalism, Calvinism, Enlightenment, Great Awakening, Emigration, Immigration, Migration

Topic/Take-Away: As part of their worldwide rivalry, Great Britain and France engaged in a great struggle for colonial control of North America, culminating in the British victory in the Seven Years War (French and Indian War) that drove France from the continent.

Topic/Take-Away: Before the Seven Years' War, Britain and its American colonies had already been facing some tensions as can be seen in sporadic British efforts to enforce trade laws and colonial reaction to the peace treaty in 1748. During the Seven Years' War, the relationship between British military regulars and colonial militias added to the tensions. The French defeat in the Seven Years' War created conditions for a growing conflict between Britain and its American colonies. The lack of a threatening European colonial power in North America gave the American colonists a sense of independence that clashed with new British imperial demands such as stationing soldiers in the colonies and the Proclamation of 1763.

Academic Terms to Know • French Huguenots • French and Indian/Seven Years War • Quebec (1754–1763) • Samuel de Champlain • Albany Congress (1754) • Huron Indians • Gen. Edward Braddock • Iroquois tribes • William Pitt • Robert de La Salle • Louisbourg (1758) • King William’s War • Gen. James Wolfe • Queen Anne’s War • Quebec (1759)/Montreal (1760) • Treaty of Utrecht (1713) • Peace of Paris (1763) • Acadia • Chief Pontiac’s War (1763) • War of Jenkin’s Ear (1739) • Daniel Boone • George Washington • Proclamation of 1763 • Fort Duquesne • Fort Necessity (1754)

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Guided Reading Questions

1. Explain the details surrounding France’s arrival in the new world, including who Samuel de Champlain and Robert LaSalle were, the importance of the beaver, and where they established geographically.

2. What were the general reasons behind King William’s War, Queen Anne’s War, the War of Jenkins’ Ear, the War of Austrian Succession and King George’s War and who were generally at odds with one another?

3. What happened at the inception of the French and Indian War (7-years War), what was it about, who was involved, and how did it result in the first discussions about unity for American colonies in the Albany Congress?

4. Why did General Edward Braddock fail to beat the French where William Pitt and James Wolfe succeeded, and why was the Battle of Quebec a landmark battle in American history?

5. What were four (4) results from the Peace Treaty of Paris of 1763?

6. What were six (6) factors that contributed to the tension between the American colonists and the British immediately after the French and Indian War?

7. Who was Chief Pontiac, how did his initial attack hurt Native Americans in the mid-1700s, and how did it lead to the Proclamation Act of 1763?

8. What was wrong with the Proclamation Act of 1763 according to colonists, how did they protest its implementation, and how did this influence the causes of the Revolutionary War?

9. Discuss the Acadians.

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