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'''US History timeline & concept chart: French-Indian War to the American Revolution'''

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Article objective: 
* French-Indian War (1754)
* identify origins of American Revolution in the French-India War
* respective motives and perspectives of British and colonials 
* philosophical underpinnings, organization & development of colonial resistance
* causes of the American Revolution
* distinctions (or not) between the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War
* political, economic and social conditions of Confederation period
* causes, motives, and philosophical underpinnings Constitutional Convention
* nature and workings of compromise in the proposed Constitution
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== French-Indian War, 1754-1763 ==
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* 1754-1763 French-Indian War<br><br>
* 1754 Albany Conference<br><br>
* 1763 Treaty of Paris <br><br>
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== French Indian War aftermath & end of salutary neglect==
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*1763 end of Seven Years War
*1763 Treaty of Paris
*1763 Royal Proclamation of 1763 <br><br>
*1764 Sugar Act
*1766 Declaratory Act
*1767 Townsend Acts<br><br><br>
*17xx xxxx<br><br>
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===French-Indian wars===  
*continuation of ongoing frontier conflicts 
*and French and English alliances with Native American tribes/ confederations
*French-Indian War of 1754-63 was the 4th "Intercolonial War" following King William's War (1688-1697), Queen Anne's War (1702-13) and King George's War (1744-1748)
===Seven Years War===  
*leads to global conflict
*France surrendered New France to Britain in 1760
**approx. 70,000 French colonists now under British rule
**mostly in Canada
**New France included all French colonial claims between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River
*consequences of British victory:
**Britain gains Canada, Ohio Valley and Florida (all lands east of the Mississippi river)
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**France ceded Louisiana (lands west of the Mississippi) to Spain
**Spain ceded Florida to Britain in exchange for return of British-captured Havana, Cuba
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'''European and tribal alliances'''
*generally, 
**French aligned with 
**English aligned with
*Native American tribes
[[File:QueenAnnesWarBefore.svg|350 px|Map of North America in 1702 showing forts, towns and (in solid colors) areas occupied by European settlements]][[File:Nouvelle-France map-en.svg|350 px|Map of European colonies in North America, c. 1750. Disputes over territorial claims persisted after the end of King George's War in 1748.]][[File:NorthAmerica1763-A.png|350 px|The resulting peace dramatically changed the political landscape of North America, with New France ceded to the British and the Spanish.]]
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| Sugar Act of 1764
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*marked shift in British tax policy from protectionist mercantilism to the imperial system of revenue maximization 
* the tax on molasses was reduced by half under the theory that the lower rate would yield higher compliance and thus more revenue
* the main problem the Act attempted to address was ongoing smuggling of sugar, molassas and rum (trade without paying duties or going through customs offices) between the American colonies and French, Spanish and Dutch colonies in the Caribbean
* the Sugar Act of was modifed in 1766
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|Stamp Act of 1765
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* tax on any official documentation that required a "stamp" (official seal), inlcluding legal or commercial documents, contracts, licenses, wills, mortgages, publications, advertisements, playing cards (!)
* the revenue was to be used in the colonies from which it was collected
* the tax was to be paid in "specie" (gold or silver)
* offenders were to be tried in "Admiralty Courts" (not colonial courts)
* sparked protest and the "Stamp Act Congress" in New York
* repealed in 1766
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|Declaratory Act
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|Townsend Act
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==Escalation of tensions, 1770-1775==
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*timeline here<br><br>
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== Revolutionary War, 1775-1781, 1783==
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*timeline here<br><br>
*1775:  >> to do <<
- Lexington & Concord
- formation of Continental Army
- Bunker Hill<br><br>
- Common Sense
*Jul 4 1776 Declaration of Independence<br><br>
*17xx xxxx<br><br><br>
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* was the Revolution a colonial, civil or revolutionary war? 
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==Articles of Confederation period, 1781-1789==
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*timeline here<br><br>
*1781 Articles of Confederation ratified
*1783 Newburgh Conspiracy<br><br>
*17xx xxxx<br><br>
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===Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation===  
*super-majority requirements = empowers small faction (gives veto-power to just a couple states; = "rule by lowest common denominator")
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*June 28 1776 Thomas Hickey executed for treason (plotted to murder Washington)
**see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hickey_(soldier) and read://http_www.executedtoday.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.executedtoday.com%2F2013%2F06%2F28%2F1776-thomas-hickey-plotting-against-george-washington%2F
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==Annapolis Convention, 1786 & Constitutional Convention, 1787==
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==Constitutional debate: Federalists & anti-Federalists==
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