What Causes People to Rebel Against Their Government?
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What Causes People to Rebel Against Their Government?
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What Causes People to Rebel Against Their Government?. What do you already know about the American Revolution?. Objective: To analyze the importance of the Albany Plan of Union and the causes and effects of the French and Indian War. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What Causes People to Rebel Against Their Government?
What do you already know about the American Revolution?
Objective: To analyze the importance of the Albany Plan of Union and the causes and effects of the French and Indian War.
Do Now: Which European countries were competing for land in North America?
- Great Britain- France- Spain
Albany Plan of Union
• The Albany Plan of Union, proposed by Benjamin Franklin and Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson, called for colonial unity in the face of the coming war with France.1. What do the letters
stand for?
2. Why does the snake have 8 pieces, not 13?
3. What message was Franklin’s cartoon delivering to the delegates at the Albany Congress?
4. Is Franklin’s message still relevant for political life today?
• None of the colonies approved the plan out of fear of losing power.
• The Albany Plan of Union called for a Grand Council with representatives from each colony.
• The Grand Council would:- make laws- raise taxes- defend the colonies
* The Albany Plan of Union set an example that would later be followed by such gatherings as the First and Second Continental Congress.
Causes: Britain began to compete with France over the fur trade in the Ohio Valley.
French and Indian War (1754 – 1763)
• Great Britain and the Iroquois
Alliance - a formal agreement by two or more nations to act together in a cause
French and Indian War: Alliances
• France, Spain (1762),
Algonquins, and Hurons
versus
• The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, ending the war. • The war led Britain to establish several rounds of economic policies and new taxes that angered many colonists, leading to unrest. • Deep Debts!!
• Spain gave up Florida to Britain.
French and Indian War: Effects
The Treaty of Paris• Britain gained Canada and all of the French land east of the Mississippi River.• Spain gained all of the French land west of the Mississippi River.
The Proclamation of 1763• Native American
Treaties were being ignored by western settlers
• Proclamation Line limits Western settlement
• Enraged many farmers and land speculators
