Chapter 6-7 APUSH Assignment
Reading Notes:
CHAPTER 6: THE DUEL FOR NORTH AMERICA: 1608—1763
France Finds a Foothold in Canada
Know: Huguenots, Samuel de Champlain, New France
How was the colony of New France different from the British North American colonies?
New France Fans Out
Know: Beaver, Coureurs de Bois, Voyageurs, Robert de La Salle
What factors led to the French settlement of New France?
The Clash of Empires
Know: Treaty of Utrecht, War of Jenkins's Ear, James Oglethorpe, Louisbourg
Describe the early wars between France and Britain.
George Washington Inaugurates War with France
Know: Fort Duquesne, George Washington, Fort Necessity, Acadians
How did George Washington spark the French and Indian War?
Global War and Colonial Disunity
Know: Benjamin Franklin, Albany Plan of Union, "Join or Die"
What was meant by the statement, “America was conquered in Germany?
Braddock's Blundering and Its Aftermath
Know: Edward Braddock
What setbacks did the British suffer in the early years of the French and Indian War?
Pitt's Palms of Victory
Know: William Pitt, James Wolfe, Battle of Quebec
What was the significance of the British victory in the French and Indian War?
Restless Colonials
How did the French and Indian War affect the relationship between the colonies and with the mother country?
Makers of America: The French
Know: Louis XIV, The Great Displacement
What contributions to American culture were made by the French?
War’s Fateful Aftermath
Know: Treaty of Paris, Pontiac, Daniel Boone, Proclamation of 1763
How did French defeat lead to westward expansion and tension with Native Americans and the British?
CHAPTER 7: THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION: 1763—1775
The Deep Roots of Revolution
Why does the author say that the American Revolution began when the first settlers stepped ashore?
Mercantilism and Colonial Grievances
Know: Mercantilism, Navigation Laws, Royal Veto
Explain the economic theory of mercantilism and the role of colonies.
How did Parliament enact the theory of mercantilism into policy?
The Merits and Menace of Mercantilism
Know: Salutary Neglect, John Hancock, Bounties
In what ways did the mercantilist theory benefit the colonies?
What economic factors were involved in leading colonists to be displeased with the British government?
The Stamp Tax Uproar
Know: George Grenville, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Admiralty Courts, Virtual Representation
Why were the colonists so upset over relatively mild taxes and policies?
Forced Repeal of the Stamp Act
Know: Stamp Act Congress, Nonimportation Agreements, Homespun, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act
In what ways did colonists resist the Stamp Act?
The Townshend Tea Tax and the Boston "Massacre"
Know: Townshend Acts, Indirect Tax, Boston Massacre, John Adams
How did the Townshend Acts lead to more difficulties?
The Seditious Committees of Correspondence
Know: George III, Lord North, Samuel Adams, Committees of Correspondence
How did Committees of Correspondence work?
Tea Brewing in Boston
Know: British East India Company, Boston Tea Party
What was the cause of the Boston Tea Party, and what was its significance?
Parliament Passes the "Intolerable Acts"
Know: Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act of 1774, Quebec Act
What was so intolerable about the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?
Bloodshed
Know: First Continental Congress, Declaration of Rights, The Association, Tar and Feathers, Minute Men, Lexington and
Concord
What was the goal of the First Continental Congress?
Imperial Strength and Weakness
Know: Hessians, Tories
What were British strengths and weaknesses at the outset of the war?
American Pluses and Minuses
Know: George Washington, Ben Franklin, Marquis de Lafayette, Continentals
What were the American strengths and weaknesses at the outset of the war?
A Thin Line of Heroes
Know: Valley Forge, Baron von Steuben, Continental Army
What role was played by African-Americans in the Revolution?
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French & Indian War (causes, nature of war, etc)
Albany Plan of Union (Colonial disunity and role of Native Americans)
Treaty of Paris of 1763 & End of Salutary Neglect
Pontiac's Rebellion & Proclamation of 1763
writs of assistance
Sugar Act
Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress, Stamp Act Riots
virtual representation
the Sons of Liberty & Samuel Adams
Declaratory Act
John Dickinson & Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
nonimportation and nonconsumption agreements
Boston Massacre
Committees of Correspondence
Tea Act of 1773 & Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts, Quebec Act, Intolerable Acts
Suffolk Resolves
Olive Branch Petition
Thomas Paine, Common Sense (Ch. 8)
Lexington and Concord