Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Do now: Complete the four questions on the handout:
Due in 10 minutes
Reading assignment pages 103-116
With the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 the British Empire gained thousands of square miles of new territory in Canada and in the interior sections of North America.
Do now: Complete the four questions on the handout:
Due in 10 minutes
Reading assignment pages 103-116
With the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 the British Empire gained thousands of square miles of new territory in Canada and in the interior sections of North America.
see map on pg. 110
Along with this land the British also gained "control" over the vast array of Native American tribes that inhabited this region.
Unlike the French the British and American settlers did not see trade with the Native people as important as the millions of acres of "unclaimed" land that the Indians used as their hunting grounds.
With the end of the war these settlers soon began to pour into these lands especially the Ohio River Valley.
In response the Native tribes under the leadership of the Ottawa chief, Pontiac attacked the settlements and forts erected by the British and Americans by the end of the rebellion all forts and settlements except two were captured of destroyed. Additionally over 2,000 settlers and soldiers were killed or captured.
Thousands others fled back to the colonies.
Already in heavy debt from the French and Indian War the British Government refused any military protection to the colonist but instead forbid the settlers to return to the disputed areas.
Along with this land the British also gained "control" over the vast array of Native American tribes that inhabited this region.
Unlike the French the British and American settlers did not see trade with the Native people as important as the millions of acres of "unclaimed" land that the Indians used as their hunting grounds.
With the end of the war these settlers soon began to pour into these lands especially the Ohio River Valley.
In response the Native tribes under the leadership of the Ottawa chief, Pontiac attacked the settlements and forts erected by the British and Americans by the end of the rebellion all forts and settlements except two were captured of destroyed. Additionally over 2,000 settlers and soldiers were killed or captured.
Thousands others fled back to the colonies.
Already in heavy debt from the French and Indian War the British Government refused any military protection to the colonist but instead forbid the settlers to return to the disputed areas.
See map above Proclamation Line of 1763
In spite of this policy the colonist soon began to trickle back into the disputed lands. Unable to stop this invasion the British Government appeared weak in the eyes of the Indians and the American colonist.
At the same time many in Great Britain wanted the Americans to pay for what they saw as their fair share of the debt from the war. To many Americans they saw this as an attempt by the British to slowly wittle away the freedoms that the Americans had enjoyed over the previous 100 years.
By 1765 much of the loyalty that the Americans had felt for Great Britain had begun to fade.
Guided Reading and review WS due Wednesday, October 31, 2007.
In spite of this policy the colonist soon began to trickle back into the disputed lands. Unable to stop this invasion the British Government appeared weak in the eyes of the Indians and the American colonist.
At the same time many in Great Britain wanted the Americans to pay for what they saw as their fair share of the debt from the war. To many Americans they saw this as an attempt by the British to slowly wittle away the freedoms that the Americans had enjoyed over the previous 100 years.
By 1765 much of the loyalty that the Americans had felt for Great Britain had begun to fade.
Guided Reading and review WS due Wednesday, October 31, 2007.
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