Road to the Revolution

Why did the British establish colonies in North America back in the early 1600s?

• To get away from the Spanish

• The king of England demanded it

• Religious Freedom and opportunity for wealth

How did the Great Awakening change America?

• If ordinary people could figure out how to worship God, couldn’t they figure out how to govern themselves as well?

• It led to people denying God and leading secular lives

• It spread abolitionism throughout the land and led to the end of slavery

• It brought French rule to America

The ideas of the Enlightenment had a strong impact on__________ and became the foundation of the United States’ government

• the King of England

• The colonists

Who were the countries and groups fighting each other during the French and Indian War

• French, British, Native Americans

• French, British, African Americans

• Ohio, Spain, Canada

• Ohio, Native Americans, French

Why did the French Indian War begin?

• France and Great Britain both claimed control over areas in North America including the Ohio River Valley, Mississippi River basin, and Great Lakes region

• The Spanish were invading the colonies

• The Native Americans were giving land to countries other than the British and French

Who won at the end of the French Indian War (9 year war)

• Spanish

• Native Americans

• England

• France

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• To keep the peace with the Natives and the colonists from going WEST of the Appalachian Mountains

• To keep the peace and the British from going EAST of the Appalachian Mountains

• To move the American Indians off the land completely

In general, how did the colonists view the Proclamation of 1763?

• They felt that it supported their freedom and they supported it.
• They felt it was an infringement on their freedom of movement and were angry about it.
• They were not involved so it did not affect them.
• They supported it because they believed the King had the AUTHORITY to make this law.

The French and Indian War, unfair taxes in the colonies, along with many other events all led to what eventually?

• World War I
• American Revolution
• World War II
• Civil War