Road to Revolution Begins
Welcome to North Ridge Township!I am your QUEEN and I have
instituted the SCHOOL TAX ACT. EFFECTIVE TODAY!!!!! Please take 5
tickets as a gift from your noble queen! Sit SILENTLY in your new
seat, BUT do not open your journal, nor sharpen your pencil until
further notice.Each ticket represents 5 minutes of electronics time
that may be purchased tomorrow.
North Ridge Township School Tax ActTaking effect October 7,
2013, students will have to pay the following taxes: Sit in your
chair = 2 tickets Sharpen your pencil = 1 ticket Get something out
of your bag = 2 tickets Ask a question = 1 ticket Having your
backpack in class = 2 tickets Leave the classroom = 2 tickets Use
the desk crate = 1 ticket Kleenex = 2 tickets (per sheet) Leaving
your seat = 1 ticket (each time) Off task behaviors = 1 ticket
If treason occurs, students will be fined! Road to Revolution
BeginsThe French and Indian WarConflict Begins Between England and
its colonies
By 1750 the colonies were growing rapidly due to:Cheap
landReligious toleranceEconomic opportunityBUT most importantly,
England had left the colonies alone to solve their own
problemsSalutary NeglectWith this growth, colonists hoped to move
across the Appalachian Mountains and into the Ohio River Valley
France and England Claim the Ohio River ValleyBoth France and
England claimed this areaFrance wanted to control trade with the
IndiansBritain wanted to extend the colonies to gain more land
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War Begins and SpreadsFrom 1754-1763 war raged throughout the
coloniesBenjamin Franklin tried uniting the colonies with the
Albany Plan of UnionPurpose: to unify the colonies in order to
better govern themselves and defeat the French Rejected: Colonial
legislatures did not want to give up control
The British Take Quebec
French surrender was a turning point in the warWithin a year,
Canada belonged to EnglandBritish troops scale Quebecs unclimbable
cliffs and win the Battle of Quebec
The Treaty of Paris, 1763Terms of the treaty:Britain gains all
land from the Atlantic to the Mississippi RiverFrance gives
Louisiana (area west of the Mississippi) to Spain for their
help
Pontiacs RebellionPontiac, an Ottawa Indian, wanted to stop the
loss of Native land and cultureThe fighting between the colonists
and the Ottawa became known as Pontiacs RebellionBritish decided
that the western land would be expensive to defend so they passed
the Proclamation of 1763Outlawed settlement west of the Appalachian
Mts., including the Ohio River Valleythat they had just won!
Proclamation of 1763This angered colonists who had just fought a
war for that landMoving west was the only option for same farmers
to get landThe British government was angry alsoColonists refused
to pay extra taxes to defend the land against the OttawaThey
started to ignore the colonists argumentsHostility helped fuel the
Revolution
Cause and Effectcolonies were growing rapidlycolonists hoped to
move across Appalachian Mts.France and England claimed this
areaFrench and Indian WarThe Treaty of Paris, 1763
Proclamation of 1763- colonists cannot settle west of App.
Mts.Pontiacs RebellionBritain gains from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi
Spain gets Louisiana
