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APUSH Review: The
French And Indian
(7 Years) War
Everything You Need to Know About The
French And Indian War To Succeed In
APUSH
Key Ideas Before the War
O Albany Plan of Union(1754):
O Purpose was to negotiate a treaty between Iroquois
and the British
O Significance:
O “Join or Die”
O COLONIAL UNITY!!!
O Did it pass?
O Delegates of convention passed it, colonies and Britain
rejected it. Why?
O Increase taxes by colonists
O Colonies didn’t want to surrender control
O Salutary Neglect:
O Britain left colonies develop on their own, so long as
they were profitable
The War
O Causes:
O Started in 1754
O George Washington sent to challenge French
expansion
O Lasted from 1754 - 1763
O The F & I War was part of a larger conflict, 7
Years War
O Most Natives (except Iroquois) sided with the
French
O British forcibly enlisted colonists and forced
colonists to provide shelter
Peace of Paris, 1763
O Britain gained all French land east of
Mississippi River, save New Orleans
O French gave NO and land west of Mississippi
to the Spanish
Big Ideas After the War
O Balance of Power shifts in North America
O Native Americans lose a partner in France
O Tensions increase between Britain and
colonists
O Britain feels the colonies should share in the
responsibility of the empire
O The colonists will wish to go back to Salutary
Neglect
Political Impacts of the War
O Salutary Neglect ENDS!
O Britain now takes a hands on approach to governing
colonies
O King George III and new PM George Grenville
O Proclamation Line of 1763
O Hoped to avoid conflict between colonists and Natives
O British troops were stationed on the border
O Colonists resent not being allowed to expand
O Colonial Resistance to the British Policies
O Sons of Liberty
O Smuggling
O Writs of Assistance, Admirality Courts
Economic Impacts of the War
O Britain is in debt
O Colonists contributed little financially, Britain began
to tax the colonists and strictly enforce those taxes
O End of salutary neglect
O Currency Act
O Stamp Act
O Stamp Act Congress
O Boycotting of British Goods
O Declaratory Act
O “No Taxation Without Representation”
Social Impacts of War
O Colonial soldiers viewed themselves as equals
with British soldiers, not vice versa
O British viewed colonial soldiers as inadequate
O George Washington only promoted so far
O Emergence of a colonial identity
O Colonial Unity AGAINST the British
O Stamp Act Congress
Past Essay Topics
O 2004 DBQ: In what ways did the French and
Indian War (1754-63) alter the political,
economic and ideological relations between
Britain and its American colonies?
O 2012 Free Response: Analyze the effect of the
French and Indian War and its aftermath on the
relationship between Great Britain and the
British colonies. Confine your response to the
period from 1754 to 1776
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