Road to the Revolution and the Road to the Revolution and the Revolutionary WarRevolutionary War

Unit 5 – Road to the Revolution and the Revolutionary War

1. Colonists wanted furfur from the Native Americans

2. Native Americans wanted finished finished goodsgoods from the colonists (tools and weapons)

3. French colonists allied with the HuronHuron and AlgonquianAlgonquian; British colonists allied with the Iroquois LeagueIroquois League.

1. British got Canada Canada and all land east of the Appalachian MountainsAppalachian Mountains from France, and FloridaFlorida from Spain.

2. France lost all of its land in North North America.America.

3. Changed the balance of power in North America; SpainSpain was now England’s only competition in the Americas.

4. The war was VERY expensive – British Parliament decided to begin taxing taxing the colonists to pay for the war.

1. Settlers began to settle west of the AppalachianAppalachian Mountains.  

2. Pontiac’s Rebellion- Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa joined with Miami, Huron, Shawnee, and Delaware against the British – tried to drive out settlers and give up European practices. Rebellion failed, Pontiac surrendered but remained an important leader.

3. As a result of Pontiac’s rebellion, the British government passed the ProclamationProclamation of 1763 1763 which banned any further settlement westwest of the AppalachianAppalachian Mountains creating a line between colonial and Indian lands.

a. All people already there were told to move. b. It was too difficult to enforce.c. The colonists ignoredignored it.d. Showed that the British and the colonists

disagreed over what was best for the colonies.

Hey! What’s the Hey! What’s the BIG IDEA?BIG IDEA?

The French and The French and Indian war changed Indian war changed

the balance of the balance of power in North power in North

America by driving America by driving out the French. out the French. England began England began taxing to the taxing to the

colonists to pay for colonists to pay for the war.the war.