Section 1 Voc Words• Complex• Cultural• Delegate• Independence• Legislature• Responsibility• Responsibility• Mercantilism• regulate

Independent Trade in the Colonies

• Farming became the people’s main work

What was Mercantilism

• Great Britain would not allow the colonies to trade with other countries

• Laws were passed to control colonial trade• The practice of regulating trade for the profit

of the home country was called mercantilism• Great Britain was not the only country that

practiced mercantilism• The American colonies did not want controls

that would benefit the British

Section 2 Vocabulary Words

• Enforce• Triangular trade• Unite• Rebellion

Triangular Trade in the Colonies• Triangular trade was formed among Africa, the West Indies,

and New England

• Triangular trade was outside of British control, so it made more for the colonies

• Continued until Great Britain began to enforce the laws for colonial trade

• Many colonist lost the feeling that they were living in the British colonies

• People from different countries: Sweden, Netherlands, Germany and Ireland were increasing in numbers

Who were the Victims of the Triangular Trade

• American Indians were victims of Europeans who claimed tribal land and forced them away from their homes

• Africans was another group that was harmed by the triangular trade

• People from Africa were treated as property not as humans

WHAT WERE THE NAVIGATION ACTS

• The purpose of this act was to regulate colonial trade

• Settlers refused to accept Great Britain’s strict control

Section 3 vocabulary

• Frontier• Alliance• Recruit• Union• Appoint• regiment

Movement Westward

• Both France and Great Britain had made claims to the Ohio Valley

• In 1749, King George II of Great Britain granted 200,000 acres of land to the Ohio Company

• French challenged the British over the land• King Louis XV of France order4ed forts built

along the rivers to protect these claims

What Problems developed over land claims

• In 1753 Governor Dinwiddie of Va, sent message to the French ordering them to leave the Ohio Valley and to recognize the British claim to the land

What was the Albany Plan of Union

• The problems over land ownership could start a war between France and Great Britain

• The purpose of the Albany Congress was to secure an alliance with the Iroquis

• Plan was rejected

British and French match up

• Great Britain had the advantage of more people than France

How did the British Prepare for War

• In 1754 Major General Edward Braddock was appointed commander in chief of the British Army

Section 4 Vocabulary

• Ambush• survivor

The French and Indian War begins• General Braddock had very little respect for

American Indians as warriors• George Washington suggested that General

Braddock prepare for different type of battle• He did not listen• Braddock led his army of British and colonial troops

toward Fort Duquesne in 1755• George Braddock died in this surprise attack• The British went on to lose Fort Oswego and Fort

William Henry in New York

Who was William Pitt

• In 1758, King George appointed William Pitt as prime minister and secretary of state for Great Britain

• Pitt brought greater cooperation from colonial legislation

Section 5 Vocabulary

• Reinforcements• Stronghold• treaty

The War Ends

• The British colonial army returned to Louisburg and defeat the French

• General John Forbes led several thousand colonial soldiers against Fort Duquesne in 1758

• Seeing the army approaching the French set fire to the fort and fled

• This was turning point of the war

Final Stages of the War

• James Wolfe destroyed a French fleet of reinforcements

• Sir William Johnson and Iroquois braves captured Fort Niagara

• General Amherst captured 2 French forts• In 1760 the French surrendered

After the War

• Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763• Franc gave Britain the land east of the

Mississippi River, except New Orleans• Area of Louisiana west of the Mississippi and

New Orleans went to France• Great Britain got the territory of Florida from

Spain in trade for Cuba