James A. Henretta
Rebecca Edwards
Robert O. Self
America’s History
Seventh Edition
CHAPTER 4
Growth and Crisis in Colonial Society
1720-1765
Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
War, Trade and Social Conflict
• Brainstorm the ways in which the colonies had
grown and ‘matured’ by 1750.
• How was land a divisive force in the colonies?
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765
A. The French and Indian
War
1. The Albany
Congress
2. The War Hawks
Win
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765
B. The Great War for Empire
1. The Seven Years War
Brits ally with Americans one last time
2. Pontiac’s Rebellion
Attempt to get French back
Result: Proclamation of 1763
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765
C. British Industrial Growth and the Consumer
Revolution
1. Resources
2. American Consumers
D. The Struggle for Land in the East
1. Land Disputes
IV. The Midcentury Challenge: War,
Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-1765
E. Western Rebels and Regulators
1. Paxton Boys and Racism in Pennsylvania
2. The South Carolina Regulators
3. Civil Strife in North Carolina
Paxton Boys…Indian Perspective
South Carolina Regulators
-Scotish and Anglos clash
with the Indians
-East v. West
-Backcountry….
Civil Strife in North Carolina
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[Revisit Slide 9]
Debtors v. Gov’t
Wanted fairer taxes
30 dead = deadliest and most politically
charged
Describe the forces that were bringing
the colonies to the brink of war.
• Unity: religion, science, anti-Indian,
• Colonial Disputes: pietism v. deism, class
tensions, challenges to traditional authorities,
economic strife
• Disputes w/ Britain: Proclamation of 1763,
taxation, uprisings