Unit 4 Statehood

French and Indian War (1754-1763)

• a conflict between France and England for control of the rich fur region of the Ohio River valley west of the Appalachian Mountain

• a conflict between France and England for control of the rich fur region of the Ohio River valley, w

Who won the French and Indian War

• British

• British

What did the British gained from the French and Indian War (Seven Years War)?

• obtained Canada and all land west to the Mississippi River

• obtained Canada and all land west to the Mississippi River

Though the Georgia colonies was not directly involved in the French and Indian War Georgia’s borders expanded to the

• St. Mary’s River to the South, the Mississippi River to the West, and land around Augusta to the North.

• St. Mary’s River to the South, the Mississippi River to the West, and land around Augusta to the North.

Due to the economic cost of the French and Indian War, two important events led to conflict between Britain and its colonies

• Proclamation of 1763,

• was a series of taxes, including the Stamp Act (1765), that led to colonial discontent.

Proclamation of 1763

• was issued by King George III and forbade colonists from settling lands west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Proclamation of 1763

The people of Georgia did not share the same reactions to the Proclamation of 1763 for TWO reasons

• young Georgia colony was small and most colonists were still nestled on the Georgia coastline

• Georgia gained land and resources from the Spanish and their American Indian allies after the French and Indian war

After the French and Indian War, colonists were being directly taxed for the first time. This led to protests throughout the colonies.

• without colonial “representation” in the British Parliament

• without colonial “representation”

An act of the British government in 1765 to tax their colonists in America as a way to pay for British Troops stationed in the colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Freedom Act

Average citizens reacted more violently and protested by hanging __________ leaders and royal governors, attacking the homes of British officials, and _____ and ______tax collectors.

• effigies of Parliamentary, tarring, feathering

• ffigies of Parliamentary, tarring, feathering