Chapter 6:Pennsylvania Leads the Way

Make sure you have your

textbook! (p. 155 & 157)

Also, please have out your Chapter 5 Packet. Let’s finish the KWL.

What did you LEARN about Colonial PA?

Lesson 1:Trouble on the Frontier

Bellringer•Using the maps on p. 155 and p.

157, make a prediction about

what this section will be about.

Conflict Over Land•Colonists

continued to push

West and

eventually into the

Ohio River Valley.

• The French wanted to

control the Ohio River Valley

to continue the Fur Trade.

They did not farm, like the

British Colonists.

• French made friends with

Native Americans.

Conflict Over Land

• In 1753, the French

landed on the shore of

Erie and built Fort

Presque Isle.

• The French also built Fort

Dusquesne in present-

day Pittsburgh.

Conflict Over Land

• These actions angered the British

who had also made land claims in

Ohio River Valley.

• British paid more money for the

Native American furs.

• How did this affect French?

• Their fur trade was heavily affected.

Conflict Over Land

• This conflict caused problems.

• British wanted the French to leave.

• Because the Quakers ran the PA Government at the time, they did not attack the French because they did not believe in war.

• In 1753, Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie sent a messenger to tell the French to leave – the messenger was…

• George Washington

Conflict Over Land

The French and Indian War

• French refused to leave.

• In 1754, George Washington returned with troops and built Fort Necessity.

• The French laid siege to Fort Necessity.

• Siege: Surrounding by an enemy army trying to capture a given place

• Washington’s army surrendered.

• British controlled Duquesne.

• This battle marked the

beginning of French and

Indian War.

• French and Native American

allies fought against British.

• Ally: a person, group, or nation

united with another for a special

purpose.

The French and Indian War

• The French won early battles.

• British won later battles including 1756 at a Native American Village –Kittanning by the Allegheny River.

• In 1758, the French destroyed Fort Duquesne.

• The British then built Fort Pitt built to maintain a safeguard on the area. This would later grow to become Pittsburgh.

The French and Indian War

• The French and Indian

War ended with the

Treaty of Paris of 1763.

• This gave the British all

land West of the

Appalachian Mountains.

The French and Indian War

• After Treaty was signed, Pontiac, a

Native American leader rounded

Native American groups to fight

against British.

• After back and forth, the

Parliament, Britain’s law-making

body, passed the Proclamation of

1763.

Pontiac’s War

Pontiac’s War• Proclamation of 1763:

Established a boundary

that colonists were not to

cross. Colonists would

cross the boundary and

more conflict lay ahead.

Section 2:Trouble with Britain

British Taxes• French and Indian War left

British in debt.

• British collected taxes from

Colonists.

• A tax is money a government

collects from it’s people.

• Colonists believed only localgovernment could tax.

• In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act. Colonists were furious to pay a tax on stamps.

• They wrote and signed petitions –formal written requests to those in authority.

British Taxes

• Parliament finally repealed – or

ended the Stamp Act.

• In 1767, Parliament passed

Townshend Acts.

• These laws set taxes on British goods

such as cloth, glass, paper, and tea.

• Many colonists decided to boycott –

or refuse to buy.

British Taxes

Conflict Continues• Benjamin Franklin used

newspaper to convince

others to join or fight for

liberty – condition of

being free.

• Franklin drew “Unite or

Die.”

Conflict Continues• Boston Massacre: British

soldiers killed 5 Boston

colonists in protest.

• Boston Tea Party: Boston

colonists boarded ship and

threw tea into harbor in

protest.

The First Continental Congress

• In 1774, representatives from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia.

• This meeting was called the First Continental Congress.

• At this Congress, they agreed to stop tradewith Britain, listed their concerns with British control, which they sent to the King.

• Also organized a militia – an army of ordinary citizens called together in emergencies

• Agreed to hold second meeting if King refused to make changes.