Aim: In what ways were Britain's American colonies affected by events across the Atlantic, and how were their societies taking on a life of their own?
Bell ringer: History of US V3.1 "Free Press" (10 min)
Standards/Objectives:
Agenda:
THE MIDCENTURY CHALLENGE: WAR, TRADE, AND SOCIAL CONFLICT, 1750-1763
*The French & Indian War (WOR, POL)
1. Fred Anderson - "The Real First World War and the Making of America"
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/real-first-world-war-and-making-america (10 min)
2. Consider the perspectives of the Iroquois, French, and English toward the situation in the Ohio Valley. Why did each side act as it did? What miscalculations, if any, did each make?
3. Examine Map 4.4. Consider the relative positions of Britain and France in 1754. What geographical advantages and disadvantages did each side have? What other information in addition to that presented in the map would students need to assess which nation had an advantage in this imperial competition? Also analyze Map 4.5
4. Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die" illustration, meant to gain support for the Albany Plan of Union, is widely considered the first political cartoon in American history.
loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3g05315/
*The Great War for Empire (POL)
5. Journal 27 - How did the Seven Year's War reshape Britain's empire in North America and affect native peoples?
6. Exam Alert: The Seven Years' War and its impact on the relationship between England and its colonies have been the subject of several AP essay items. The 2004 DBQ asked students: "In what ways did the French and Indian War alter the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies?"
*British Industrial Growth and the Consumer Revolution (WXT)
7. To what extent was 1763 a turning point in the history of British North America?
8. How did the prosperity of the British Empire improve and endanger the lives and interests of colonists?
*The Struggle for Land in the East (GEO, MIG)
9. Map 4.6
10. Exam Alert: The tension between coastal and backcountry regions of the country is an important topic for students to know. The 2007 AP U.S. History exam asked students to analyze and assess the significance of two of the following: The March of the Paxton Boys; The Regulator Movement; Shays's Rebellion; The Whiskey Rebellion. Consider the reasons for these tensions and the wide differences between the interests of coastal and backcountry residents.
*Western Rebels and Regulators
Terms to know: tenant, competency, squatters, redemptioner system, Enlightenment, Pietism, natural rights, Deism, revival, consumer revolution, Regulators, Key People: Isaac Newton, John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, George Whitefield, William Pitt.
Home Learning:
1. Historian Carole Shammas has written on the consumer revolution and its impact on the British North American colonies. See her article "America, the Atlantic, and Global Consumer Demand, 1500-1800"
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/series/america-on-the-world-stage/atlantic-and-global-consumer-demand-1500-1800
*Pop Quiz 4.4 will have three questions from the article above.
2. Ch. 4 Review Questions 2-4 (will be counted as Pop Quiz 4.5)
3. Chapter 4 Vocabulary Quiz (Test) on Monday!
Journal responses:
J27 / A: The Treaty of Paris of 1763 granted Britain sovereignty over half the continent of North America; French territory was reduced to a handful of islands in the West Indies and two islands off the coast of Newfoundland. Britain's victory alarmed Indian peoples, who feared an influx of Anglo-American settlers. In 1763, the Ottawa chief Pontiac led a group of loosely confederated tribes in a major uprising known as "Pontiac's Rebellion" against the British, capturing over 2,000 settlers. However, the alliance gradually weakened, and they were forced to accept British rule.
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