Moving Towards Revolution The French and Indian War and The End of Salutary Neglect in the Colonies.

Moving Towards Revolution

The French and Indian Warand

The End of Salutary Neglect in the Colonies

REVIEWThe role of the colony was

to make the “parent country” (England) richer and more

powerful.As long as this was happening, the

colonies were allowed to govern themselves.

EVERYONE is happy!!

SALUTARY NEGLECTThe British “hands-off”

policy towards colonial politics.

Allowed the colonies to

develop their own local

governments.

As a result, the colonists grew independent and

accustomed to regulating their own affairs.

Problems with the Native AmericansAs more

Europeans moved to the

“New World” the Native Americans grew more and

more upset.

More colonists = the demand for

more land!!

The colonists faced an

increasing number of

violent attacks and

warfare from the Native

Americans.

Colonists Cry for HELP!!The colonists demanded that England provide

and pay for protection from

the Natives.

This meant now, the “parent

country” was losing some of

its profit!

Remember…..The French and the Native Americans

had been building strong trade relationships in the years since

contact…..fur trapping & trading!

The French and Indian War

In 1754, a small group of British colonists (from VA) ambushed a French scouting party (led by a young man named

George Washington)…

They had wanted to protect Britain’s

claim to Virginian land.

This was the first “skirmish” of a major war that

would last 9 years!

Great Britain and

The English Colonists VS.

The French and

Their Native American Allies

REASONS FOR THE WAR:1. Control of Eastern North America

REASONS FOR THE WAR:2. The desire for more territorial

land claims—expand on what they had and add more!

Fighting the War….It was a bloody,

brutal war.

Neither the French nor the British knew

the land as well as the Native Americans.

Guerrilla Warfare was common for the Native Americans to use—the British were not used to

this type of warfare.

The French had early success, but in the end the British had better leadership,

more men, and more resources.

In 1763, the French surrendered and signed the

Treaty of Paris.

As a result…The French turned over all of

Canada and much of its western land to the British.

Now, Britain controlled the entire Eastern portion of the North

American continent!

BEFORE AFTER

The French get Louisiana back in 1800 from Spain.

EFFECTS OF THE WAR1. Britain saw a need to adopt more

forceful policies for more control in North America.

2. The Crown stationed permanent troops in the colonies to protect the frontier.

• Native American attacks grew worse after the war3. Britain decided that the

colonies should bear more of the cost for British protection (the war had brought debt to England).

Increased Native America Problems

• Problems with Native Americans on the boundaries of England’s territory continued (along the Appalachian mountains called Frontier).

• Continued attacks led the British to send “small pox” infected blankets into the Native Americans disguised as a gesture of peace.

• This led to even more attacks & rebellions.

Proclamation of 1763In response, King

George III of England issued an

order which PROHIBITED the colonists from

settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

This made the colonists mad!

WHY?

Protection’s High PriceThen, King

George III and Parliament decided to

raise money to pay for the French &

Indian and for the continued protection by

taxing the colonists.

This angered the colonists even more….

A series of taxes followed….

• The Currency Act (1764)

• Sugar Acts (1764)

• Quartering Act (1765)

• The Stamp Act (1765)

It wasn’t that the colonists did think they should pay the taxes,

they just thought…..

wasn’t fair!

The 13 Colonies had joined forces to fight the

French and Indians…

And they would soon join together again…This was the beginning of the end for the British Empire in North America….soon England and its colonists would be at war again, but this time with each other!