Alan Brinkley,
AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e
Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
What were the events that led the
Colonist to revolt from Britain?
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Test Corrections
 Quiz on your own sheet of paper
 After Quiz Fill out your Unit 1 topic outline
reflection.
 Begin Reading OV “America Must Seek
Independence From Britain.”
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Introduction
 Sources of Crisis
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Loosening Ties
 How did the relationship between king and
Parliament change during the early
eighteenth century? What role did the
prime minister play in this change?
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Loosening Ties
– The Colonies Divided
 Albany Plan
What was the Albany
Plan, and what did it
reveal about colonial unity
A Map of the New World
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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The Struggle for the Continent
 An Uneasy Balance of Power
North America, 1696
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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The Struggle for the Continent
– New France and the Iroquois Nation
 New Sources of Conflict
 France’s North
American Empire
 The Iroquois
Confederacy
A French Map of
North America, 1758
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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The Struggle for the
Continent
– Anglo-French
Conflicts
Name of Conflict
King William’s War 1689-1697
Queen Anne’s War 1701-1713
– What were the causes
King George’s War
and results of AngloFrench conflicts between
1686 and 1748? What
role did the American
colonies play in these
conflicts?
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Date of Conflict
1744-1748
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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The Struggle for the Continent
– The Great War for the Empire
 How did the Great War for the Empire
become a "global war," and how did Britain
carry out its part in the struggle?
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
The Seven Years’ War
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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The New Imperialism
– Burdens of Empire
 Commercial Versus Territorial Imperialists
 Britain’s Staggering War Debt
 George III’s Shortcomings
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
The Thirteen Colonies in 1763
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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The New Imperialism
– The British and the Tribes
 Proclamation of 1763
 White Encroachment
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
North America in 1763
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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The New Imperialism
– The Colonial Response
 Who led the protests in Virginia over the Stamp
Act? What reasons, other than those stated in
the resolutions proposed, contributed to this
action? What was the effect of the protests, and
what were the results?
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Stirrings of Revolt
– The Stamp Act Crisis
 Effects of the Stamp Act
 Virginia Resolves
 Sons of Liberty
 Parliament Retreats
The Tory’s Day of Judgment
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Stirrings of Revolt
– The Townshend Program
 What was England's response to the American
protests over the Stamp Act? How did the
taxation by Townshend attempt to anticipate
American attacks on future acts?
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Stirrings of Revolt
– The Boston Massacre
 What role did Samuel
Adams play in the
American protests? How
did his view of the need
for American
independence differ from
those of most other
colonial leaders at the
time?
The Boston Massacre
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Stirrings of Revolt
– The Philosophy of Revolt
 England’s Balanced Constitution
 Virtual Versus Actual Representation
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Stirrings of Revolt
– The Tea Excitement
 Why did many Americans see the Tea Act as a
threat to themselves and their institutions?
 What were the Coercive Acts? How did the
Quebec Act help to unite the colonists with
Boston, in opposition to these acts?
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Cooperation and War
– What role did Committees of
Correspondence play in the American
protests?
– What were the five major decisions made at
the First Continental Congress and what
was their significance?
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
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Cooperation and War
– Lexington and Concord
 General Thomas Gage
 The Revolution
Begins
What were the
circumstances that led
to the fighting at
Lexington and
Concord?
Recruiting Poster
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775
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Chapter Four:
The Empire in Transition
Patterns of Popular Culture:
Taverns in Revolutionary Massachusetts
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Homework
Annotate – Mark the Text for “American
Must Seek Independence From Britain.”
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4
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