Cornell Notes from American Revolution Lecture Part 1
French and Indian War
(1754-1763)
George Washington
On the Move!
With Spain no longer a major threat, France emerged as
the greatest rival to Great Britain By 1756, France and Britain had built huge empires in North America and were competing to become the strongest world power. broke out between the two nations over disputed lands in the Ohio River Valley Before he became the leader in the Revolutionary War, George Washingtons military experience began in the French and Indian war. At the Age of 20 George Washington was assigned second in command of his unit His men, as well as a dozen allied Iroquois warriors were sent into Ohio to warn the French to keep out of that region. By August 1755 George took command of the Virginia Regiment, at the rank of full colonel With the French gone the colonist did not fell that they needed the British help People began to move to the Ohio valley
Georgia Gets More Land
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 also impacted Georgia
The border of Georgia changed from the pacific ocean to the Mississippi River
Proclamation of 1763
By 1763, Britain had defeated France and her allies, and
had forced France to sign the Treaty of Paris of 1763. According to the peace treaty: France gave up All of its colonies in North America And Spain was forced to give La Florida to Britain but was granted most of France S territory west of the Mississippi River.
Britain begins Taxing
the Colonies
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed in 1764.
The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things. This mad the colonist vary mad, and some leader started boycotting or to quite buying, British goods. They thought that that would lower the prices
passed In 1765 A tax on paper goods that required colonists to buy
Stamp Act
Because the war was so expensive King George III felt
that the French & Indian War had been fought to protect the American colonies. He believed, therefore, that the colonies should pay taxes to help pay off the war debt. But the colonist felt Cheated, and were mad
government stamps for nearly all paper goods
(newspapers, books, playing cards, etc.).
Colonial Protest Begin
Stamp Act Congress
Protest cry is no taxation without representation
The colonist felt that they should have some say if there were being taxed Even if they had a say , the colonists would have little votes and always be out voted A group of colonial leaders Sends a petition saying that Britain has no lethal right to tax This only made the British angry They also boycotted over all British trade
Declaratory Act
Stated that all colonies belonged to the British
And that parliament could do anything with the colonies
Townsend Acts
placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea