Relationships Fail

Why do relationships fail?

Why could this cause a war?

Why could this cause a war?

French and Indian War: W

• After Bacon’s Rebellion and King Phillip’s War:

• Colonists moved onto Indian lands

• Indians created alliances with either France or Britain to try to protect their lands.– Huron = French – Iroquois = British

• These tribes had centuries of rivalries with each other.

Why did the French and Indian War happen?

Even in PA where Penn had promised to pay Natives for their lands, the colonists pushed the Indians back and conflicts began to increase.

French and Indian War: W

• Competition for land between France and Britain.

• Both had claimed land in the Ohio River Valley

• The fur trade was incredibly valuable to the French

• British colonies were growing and colonists wanted more land.

Why did the French and Indian War happen?

Why did the French and Indian War occur?

A. Indians attacked the French

B. Both Britain and France claimed the Ohio River Valley

C. The British and the Americans had too much debt

D. The French attacked from Canada

What is the message here?

What is happening here? Write down as many observations as you can!

What is happening here?

What changed? What is different?

French and Indian War: H• What happened:

Who fought?

• The Americans, the British, and their Iroquois Indian allies fought against the French and their Huron Indian allies.

ANDVS

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French and Indian War: H

• What happened in the war?

• The Americans struggled:

• Never fought before

• No training, army, or navy.

The Americans and British are ambushed, General Braddock is killed, and a young American officer (GW) was forced to lead.

French and Indian War: H• What happened in the

war? • 1754 Colonies tried to

work together:• Albany Congress: First

meeting of colonies• Developed the Albany

“Plan of Union” to unite the colonies under one government.

• Did not happen because:– Colonies did not want to

give up power!– The British did not want the

colonies to unite

Ben Franklin drew this cartoon to try and convince people to accept the Albany Plan: Join together or lose to the French!

French and Indian War: H• What happened in the war?

• British promised the colonists if they fought and won:

1. Colonists got to move into the Ohio River Valley.

2. Would not have to pay for the war

• This made the Americans fight hard!

French and Indian War: H

• What happened in the war?

• Americans and British won important battles like: Louisbourg and Quebec.

• After Quebec the French could not win and were forced to surrender.

What happened during the French and Indian War?

A. The French easily defeated the Indians

B. The Americans won every battle and the French were easily defeated.

C. The British fought by themselves to defend the Americans

D. The British and the Americans struggled at first but were able to win in the end.

How did the Americans and the British win the French and Indian War

A. The British promised the Americans that they would get the Ohio River Valley.

B. The British promised the Americans that they would not have to pay taxes for the war.

C. The Americans and the British won the Battle of Quebec.

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

Importance?

What is this? Why did it happen?

What is this showing? How is this connected?

French and Indian War: I• What were the results? • Treaty of Paris:

– British controlled most of North America

• Americans moved into the Ohio River Valley:– Indians and

Americans fought over the land.

• British had debt from the war.

French and Indian War: I

• What were the results?

• The Americans were more united than ever.

• Shared the experience in common!

• Americans got experience fighting and winning a war (mostly on their own)

• Leadership: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, etc.

Why was the French and Indian War important?

A. The British had a lot of debt from the war.

B. It was the first fighting between the Americans and the British

C. The French controlled most of America

D. It solved problems with the Indians

PPT Directions:

• For each event – you need to be able to identify what it was.

• Explain how it caused problems between the British and Americans

• Explain how it united Americans together.

Why do relationships fail?

• Lesson One: Broken Promises– The British promised that the Americans could

have the Ohio River Valley after the war– They also promised that they would not have

to pay for the war

What is this map showing? Why could this cause a problem?

• After the war colonists moved over the Appalachians (Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap)

• Led to Pontiac’s Rebellion – Native uprising that the British had to stop.

Proclamation of 1763: Why did it come about?

Event: Proclamation of 1763• George III issued the

Proclamation saying Colonists could not move into the Ohio River Valley.

• Forced people to move back as well.

• Problem: Broken Promise!• United Americans: Many

violated the law and moved anyway (or refused to move)

• Those people felt more American than British.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

A. A decision to take land from Indians and give it to the Colonists.

B. A law that said the Colonists could not cross into the Ohio River Valley.

C. An announcement that the Indians and the Americans would work together.

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 cause problems?

A. The Colonists were promised no new taxes.

B. The Colonists wanted to stay away from the Native Americans.

C. The British had promised the Colonists the Ohio River Valley.

D. The Americans wanted independence.

Pick a character: What are they thinking? Why?

Sugar Act: What brought it about?

• After the war the Americans went back to violating the Navigation Acts.

• They even traded with the French before the Seven Years War was over.

• The British needed as much money as possible.

• They could no longer afford any money to go to other countries.

• They also needed to collect taxes on goods (even ones that they had let go before)

Event: Sugar Act (1764)• Problem: Broken

Promise (and taxation without representation).

• United: – Merchants began to

use the media to show unhappiness with the tax.

– People worked together to break the law

What: A new tax on the molasses trade, made it easier to collect, and punished violators. It only really affected the rich merchants.

What was the Sugar Act?

A. A law that placed a tax on all paper goods.

B. A law that said the Colonists could only trade with the British.

C. A tax on the molasses trade.

D. A law that made trade easier by taking away restrictions.

Why did the Sugar Act cause problems?

A. The British had promised that the Colonists would not have to pay taxes.

B. The British had promised the Colonists that they would get the Ohio River Valley.

C. The Americans had voted against the tax.

D. The Americans had fought the French to end taxes.

Why do relationships fail?

• Lesson 2: Money = Taxation without Representation

What is going on here?

Stamp Act – What brought it about?• The British had too

much debt.

• They needed tax revenue to pay off the debts from the French and Indian War

• They created an American version of a Stamp Act that the citizens of Britain already had to pay.

Event: Stamp Act (1765-66)What was it: • Tax on all paper goods:

newspapers, legal documents, dice, playing cards, etc.

• The stamp proved that you had paid the tax.

• It was the first internal tax (a tax that affected all colonists)!

How did people react? Why?

What is the message?

Stamp Act Problems• It was a tax = Broken

promise • Taxation without

representation:• The colonists claimed it

violated their right to be represented in Parliament according to the Magna Carta.

• They already paid taxes to their colonial legislatures.

• They had never had to pay taxes like this before!

What’s going on here?

Stamp Act United:• 9 Colonies held the

Stamp Act Congress:• Organized a boycott of

British goods and sent a petition to Parliament.

• The first time the colonies had worked together!

• Boycott crippled the Mercantilist economy.

• British were forced torepeal (cancel) the act!

What’s happening here?

Stamp Act Results• British were forced

to repeal (cancel) the Stamp Act

• Americans saw this as victory.

• British were angry and felt disrespected.

Parliament passed the Declaratory Act:

From now on Parliament had the right to tax the colonies.

What was the Stamp Act?

A. A tax on the Molasses trade.

B. A tax on stamps that all colonists paid

C. A tax on all paper goods that included playing cards and even dice.

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

Why did the Stamp Act cause problems?

A. It created problems with the Indians

B. It reinstated old taxes and made colonists pay them

C. It only affected rich merchants.

D. Colonists were not represented in Parliament.

How did the Stamp Act unite Americans?

A. The organized the Albany Plan of Union

B. 9 colonies met together at the Stamp Act Congress

C. They wrote the Declaration of Independence

D. They held the Boston Tea Party

Why do relationships fail?

• Lesson 3: Disrespect = violating the American’s rights.

Why are these a problem?

Townshend Acts: What brought them about?

• British needed to pay debt.

• Needed a new way to do so.

• Declaratory Act gave them the power to tax.

• Needed the power to collect the taxes as well.

Event: The Townshend Acts (1767)

What was it: • Taxes on various goods:

Lead, paper, paint, tea, etc.

• Writs of Assistance: allowed the British to search for smuggled goods without warrants or a reason.

• Quartering Act made Americans help house and supply soldiers.

Townshend Acts Problems:

• Broken promise, taxation without representation, and violation of rights!

• English Bill of Rights was supposed to protect the Americans from government power!

Townshend Acts: United• Colonists formed the Sons

and Daughters of Liberty to help organize protests!

• Had fake hangings, signed petitions, and organized boycotts.

• Important leaders during this time: Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, etc

Event: The Boston Massacre (1770)• Americans were

protesting the Quartering Act at the Custom House

• Threw snowballs, oyster shells, and ice at soldiers.

• Soldiers fired on the crowd.

• 5 Americans were killed.John Adams defended the soldiers in court.

Claimed the colonists had provoked them. The worst punishment any soldier received was a branding on the hand.

Boston Massacre: Problems

• Disrespect: Violation of rights!

• First fighting between the British and the Americans.

• Soldiers not punished (sound familiar?)

What do you see?

Boston Massacre: United• Committees of

Correspondence created to spread news of British actions through letters.

• People felt more American and less British

• Anti-British feelings spread.

• British pulled back all taxes except the one on tea.

Paul Revere’s engraving spread anti-British feelings!

Committees of Correspondence

PROPAGANDA

DO NOW:

• How do you know when a relationship is over?

• Describe the sequence of events that occur to end a relationship.

DO NEXT: How did we get to this?

AMERICANS

BRITISH

Event: Tea Act (1773)

• A new tax on tea• A law that made

Colonists buy tea from the British:– Made tea cheaper– Took money away

from American merchants.

• Upset people because it was a tax

Tea Act: Problems

• Broken promise, taxation without representation, and violation of rights.

• Took away economic freedom: “violated the right to conduct free enterprise.”

Tea Act: United

• Colonists boycotted the tea.

• Thought the British were trying to trick them into paying a tax.

• Wanted to make sure nobody could buy it.

• Sons of Liberty threw the tea into the harbor (became known as the Boston Tea Party).

John Adams new that the destruction of the tea was “so bold, so daring, so firm… it must have such important and lasting results that I can’t help considering it a turning point in history.”

What was the Tea Act?

A. An internal tax that everyone had to pay

B. A tax on various goods that included tea

C. A law that said the Americans had to buy tea from the British and pay a tax.

D. A tax on tea that made it more expensive upsetting protesters.

How did the Tea Act bring the colonists together?

A. They formed the Sons of Liberty

B. They formed the Committees of Correspondence

C. They called for the First Continental Congress.

D. The Sons of Liberty threw the British tea into the Boston Harbor.

Event: Intolerable Acts (1774)AKA the Coercive Acts

• Laws passed to punish Boston for Boston Tea Party:

• Closed the Boston harbor

• New strict Quartering Act

• Limited the colonies’ self government:– Only one town meeting a year

– Juries selected by the king’s officials

– Government officials would be tried in Britain or Canada

What is being shown here?

Intolerable Acts• Problem: Violation of

Rights.

• Treated people of Boston unfairly: people lost jobs, etc.

• United:

– Committees of Correspondence spread word to rally support

– Colonists worked together to help Boston – called the First Continental Congress.

What were the Intolerable Acts?

A. A law that forced colonists to buy British tea.

B. Laws passed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party

C. Laws that gave the British the power to search without warrants

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

How did the Intolerable Acts unite the Americans?

A. They held the First Continental Congress

B. They agreed to support the British, isolating Boston.

C. They attacked at Lexington and Concord.

D. The Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party

Event: Quebec Act (1774)• Law that gave the French

speaking Canadians control of the Ohio River Valley for their fur trade.

• Problem: broken promise!

• United: Americans felt betrayed and refused to obey the law.– More rebelling against

British power! Americans had fought for the land but the French Canadians were given control because they had been better behaved!

Event: First Continental Congress (1774)

• 12 of 13 Colonies met.

• Decided to: – support

Massachusetts– Set up a boycott of

all British goods– Stop exports to

Britain– Set up colonial

militias.

Continental Congress• Problem:

– They are separated!– Americans are

acting as an independent nation.

– Preparing to fight.– Threatening the

British economy• United: Acting as an

independent nation.– Biggest organized

American action.

What was the Tea Act?

A. An internal tax that everyone had to pay

B. A tax on various goods that included tea

C. A law that said the Americans had to buy tea from the British and pay a tax.

D. A tax on tea that made it more expensive upsetting protesters.

How did the Tea Act bring the colonists together?

A. They formed the Sons of Liberty

B. They formed the Committees of Correspondence

C. They called for the First Continental Congress.

D. The Sons of Liberty threw the British tea into the Boston Harbor.

What were the Intolerable Acts?

A. A law that forced colonists to buy British tea.

B. Laws passed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party

C. Laws that gave the British the power to search without warrants

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

How did the Intolerable Acts unite the Americans?

A. They held the First Continental Congress

B. They agreed to support the British, isolating Boston.

C. They attacked at Lexington and Concord.

D. The Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party

What was the Quebec Act?

A. A law that gave Quebec to the British

B. A law that gave control of the Ohio River Valley to the French Canadians

C. The law that punished Boston and closed the Boston Harbor

D. The law that separated the Americans and the Native Americans

What was the First Continental Congress?

A. The first government of the United States

B. The first meeting of all colonies

C. A meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies to support Boston

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

Event: Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775)

• What: The British tried to seize the guns that the minutemen had at Concord.

• Problem: violation of rights!

• United: Paul Revere warned the minutemen.

• Americans met the British and fought

• The War for Independence had begun.

“The Shot Heard Round the World” The British were trying to stop the war by taking the guns but it ended up starting it!

How did the Revolutionary War begin?

A. The British attacked the protesters at the Boston Massacre

B. The British tried to seize the colonists guns and they fought at Lexington and Concord

C. The Americans attacked at the Boston Tea Party

D. The British closed the Boston Harbor and invaded