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CHAPTER10:THEAMERICANREVOLUTIONANDBRITISH
NORTHAMERICA
TIMeline
• Timeline• 1759 – BattleofthePlainsofAbraham• 1760 – TreatyofParisendsSevenYears’War• 1763 – RoyalProclamationlimitsgrowthofAmericanColonies• 1765 – StampActpassed• 1768 – Tecumsehborn• 1773 – BostonTeaParty• 1774 – QuebecActpassed
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• 1774 – ContinentalCongressmeeting• 1775 – AmericanRevolutionbegins• 1775 – AmericanstriedandfailedtoseizeQuebec• 1776 – AmericanDeclarationofIndependence• 1783 – AmericanRevolutionendswithAmericanVictory• 1791 – ConstitutionalActcreatesEnglishUpperCanadaandFrenchLowerCanada• 1812 – WarbreaksoutbetweenBritishNorthAmericaandtheUnitedStates• 1815 – EndoftheWarof1812
THEFALLOFQUEBEC
• TheSevenYears’Warendedin1759withthesurrenderofthefortressandcityofQuebec
• TheFrenchgovernor,theMarquisdeVaudreuil,heldontoMontrealandnearlybeattheBritishin1760 inabattleatSte Foy.HesurrenderedtotheBritish whenherealizedtherewasnohelpfromFrancecominguptheSt.LawrenceRiver.
THEFALLOFQUEBEC
• AccordingtotheTreatyofParis(signedin1763),France gaveupallrightsandcoloniesinNorthAmericatoBritainexcept:• LouisianaandthestateofNewOrleans...whichshegavetoSpain
• TheislandsofSt.PierreandMiquelon,nearNewfoundland
• FrancereceivedMartinique,Guadaloupe andothersugarislandsintheCaribbeaninexchangeforitsNorthAmericancoloniesthroughtheTreatyofParis• ThisiswhymanypeopleinHaiti speakFrench!
BRITISHRULEOFQUEBEC
• Quebeccameundermilitaryrule followingtheSevenYears’War;soldierswereeverywhere
• TheBritishhadhopedthattheFrenchwouldforgettheirlanguageandtraditions butitdidnothappen
• TheBritishtreatedtheCanadiens reasonablywell– theypaidforsuppliesinsteadofstealing them,manyFrenchCaptainsofMilitiakepttheirjobs
BRITISHRULEOFQUEBEC
• Frenchfurmerchants departedforFranceorwenttoLouisiana followingthefallofNewFranceandwerereplaced byScottish andAmerican traderswhobasedoutofMontreal (andthereforebecame knownas“Montrealers”.• These “Montrealers”wererowdy(accordingtotheBritish)andtookover/expanded furtradingroutestothewest,eventually setting uptheNorthWestCompany andsending explorerstothePacific Ocean.
NATIVERESISTANCE
• Nativepeopleswerenotatallhappy withtheresultsoftheSevenYears’War
• TheyknewthatBritishandAnglo-Americantradersandsettlerswereaseriousthreat totheirwayoflife
• Scottish;scottish;factories;LandSpeculators
• Nativegroupswereveryjustified intheir concerns. JeffreyAmhers,commander oftheBritisharmyinNewFrance inthe1960sdeliberatelyspread thedeadly smallpoxtotheaboriginal peoplesbyorderinghissoldiers togiveawayblankets infectedwiththedisease.
NATIVERESISTANCE
• Whydidn’tBritainanswerthenativepeoples’ pleatostopincreased tradeandsettlement?• Scottish tradersweresupported byScottish membersoftheBritishparliament• LargeBritishfactories soldgoodsthroughthetradersanddidnotwantthistradetostop
• Landspeculators (onewhobuysandsells landwiththeexpectation ofprofit)hadalotofsupportfortheiractivities inBritain
NATIVERESISTANCE
• TheOttawachiefnamedPontiac triedtounite nativetribes tofighttheBritish.• Hisdream:buildingasingleaboriginal nation intheinteriorofNorthAmerica
• Heneeded butdidnotgetmilitarysupportfromtheFrench• British forces defeated himandhiswarriors• Followinghisdeath,SirWilliam Johnson,afriendoftheMohawks,calledapeaceconferencethatsplit hisremainingsupporters
• Hisresistance forcedtheBritish governmenttorethinktheirpolicyinAmerica,resulting in…
AROYALPROCLAMATION
• In1763 KingGeorgeIIIissuedaRoyalProclamation(anannouncementthathadtheforceoflaw)• Itcutofflandspeculationtothewest oftheAppalachianMountains,meaningsettlersfromtheThirteenColonies couldnotmoveintotheOhioValleyandotherdesirableareas
• ItrecognizedthatmostofthelandswestoftheAppalachianMountainsbelongedtothenativepeoplessosettlersandtraderswouldneedpermission toentertheirland.
• Ithasneverbeencancelledandmanyfirstnationslandclaimagreementsrefertoit.
AROYALPROCLAMATION
• TheRoyalProclamationmadethecolonistsfeelthattheBritishgovernmentdidnotregardthemasequals andindirectly ledtotheAmericanRevolution whichresultedintothecreationoftheUnitedStates.
THEQUEBECACT
• In1774 theBritishgovernmentpassedtheQuebecActmakingtheconqueredterritoryintoanewBritishcolony.
• Ingeneral,theActwasgoodfortheFrench butitcausedmajorproblemswiththeAmericans.
• ItrecognizedtheimportanceoftheCatholic Church,keptFrenchlaw forbusinessmattersandmadeQuebeclarger bysettingitsboundariesfarthertothenorth andeast.
• ItcontainedsecretinstructionstothegovernortointroduceEnglishcivillawandsuppresstheCatholicChurch.
THEQUEBECACT
• Manyhabitants weredisappointedwiththeQuebecActbecausetheyexpectedtogetanelectedassembly,similartotheonethattheThirteenColonieshad,buttheydidnot.
• TheQuebecActangeredtheAmerican colonistsbecausetheywerenowabsolutelypreventedfromexpandingintotheOhiovalley.TheyalsosawthelackofanelectedassemblyasanominoussignthattheBritishwouldnotgrantthemmoredemocraticrights.
• TheQuebecActisthoughttohaveleadstraighttotheAmericanRevolution.
THEAMERICANREVOLUTION
• TheBritishthoughttheAmericancolonistsweretroublesome andargumentativebecause theyhadstirreduptroublewiththeFrenchandnative peoples.• British troopsandshipsweresenttosettle thesetroubles andthevictorieswerebeingsubsidized byBritain’staxpayers.
• Britaindecided thatAmericanshouldpaytax• ThisdecisionwasmadewithoutAmericanconsentandtheyresisted butresented beingmadetofeel likesecond-class citizens
THEAMERICANREVOLUTION
• WhydidtheAmerican leaders haveahardtime opposingtheBritish?• Eachcolony wasseparate andhaditsownlegislature• People identified withthecolony inwhichtheylived.• Manypeoplehadclose linkswithBritainandevenownedproperty inthehomecountry.
• Therewerestrongbusiness ties betweenBritainandNorthAmerica.Britainusedrawmaterials fromNorthAmerica initsfactories andsentbackmanufacturedgoods
• AttheContinental Congress of1774,Americans decided toworktogether andpresentaunifiedfront toBritain.Eachcolonysentadelegate totheevent inPhiladelphia