U4 1. French and Indian War

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

• £130 million (equivalent to billions) in debt accrued over the span of the war
• Subsequent taxes of the* Sugar Act 1764, Stamp Act 1765, Townshend Duties of 1767 and the Tea Act 1773* all attempts to finance the administration of the American economy and to wind back the war debt

Question 2

Treaty of Paris 2

Answer 2

• Introduced the Proclamation Act to restrict colonial westward expansion.
• Created a Proclamation Line, preventing land settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Aimed to contain illegal land-grabbing from ‘Indian’, French, and British territories.
• Aimed to avoid police costs, adding to French and Indian War debt.

Question 3

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Answer 3

• 1763 - Treaty of Paris (British acquire the Allpacchians, previously owned by French)
• The Royal Proclamation Line (Proclamation Act, 1763) - border which ran along the length of the Appalachian Mountains and the border of the 13 colonies. British colonists were not allowed to cross its boundaries.
• Took virtually all French possessions in North America, conceding only a few areas to the French province of Quebec in British Canada.

Question 4

George Washington

Answer 4

• The Proclamation Act “was a temporary expedient to quiet the minds of the Indians”.
• Chosen as a British emissary to the French frontier establishment in late 1753.
• The war officially started for Washington in 1754 when he led a small detachment of soldiers in search of suspected French spies near today’s western Pennsylvania.

Question 5

Historian Interpretations

Answer 5

• Zinn - “…ambitious colonial leaders… had only two rivals left: the English and the Indians.”
• Butcher - “…[the war left a] black hole [in Britain’s finances]”
• Countryman - “The end…saw British politicians determined to assert [their] superiority”