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The Enlightenment:
Opening questions (review):
1. Who were some of the Enlightenment thinkers?

2. What were some of their ideas?

John Locke (1632-1704)

The author of of
Government.
He argued that every man had certain
. The right to life, liberty,
and property.
He advanced the .
He argued for a government ruled by

Natural Rights and Government: Every man has the right to life, liberty, and property
and the government is to protect these rights.

Social Contract Theory: It is the people who allow themselves to be governed by entering
into a with each other and their government.

Popular Sovereignty: The governments power rests with the people. This is a shift in rule
from the to the .
 Montesquieu (1689-1755)
He argued for and

Separation of Powers/Checks and

Balances:
To promote liberty, the political authority
of the state needs to be divided into
three to limit any one
branch of government from exercising
the main functions of another.
The intent is to prevent any one branch
from holding too much power and
provide for

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The Great Awakening

 The Great Awakening was a series of during the 1730s and
1740s.
These revivals criticized societys elites and shattered the of the church
hierarchy.
They also stressed the individual, creating a platform for people to openly speak about
the God.

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Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

The son of a minister Edwards was one of the leaders
of the Great Awakening. He preached about the
Gods anger and judgement and the need for
Christian conversion. He was at the forefront of the
revitalization of

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Why does this matter?

What is the connection between the Great Awakening and the American Revolution?
 The Great Awakening was one of the first national occurrences. It created a shared
for many of the colonists.
Although it was in response to the Enlightenment, it brought a
approach to religion.

The French-Indian War (1756-1763)

It was a conflict over control of the Ohio Valley, the lucrative fur and deerskin trade,
and the access to the Mississippi River.
It began when a young led British colonial troops against French
soldiers in an attempt to remove them from the western Pennsylvania frontier. He
was not successful.

Why would the colonists attack?

The colonists wanted access to , which created conflicts with the French
and their Indian Allies.
The war itself was disastrous for the British in the beginning.
Enter William Pitt.

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 William Pitt (1708-1778)
He took over the
operations in 1757 turning the tide by
raising capital to finance the war.
Major victories followed in 1759 with
the capture of
and
It was not long before the British and
their Indian allies claimed victory over
the French and their Indian Allies.

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Outcomes of the War

Peace was established with the signing of the (1763).
George Washingtons legend grew.
The British Empire received Canada from France and Florida from Spain.
The treaty strengthened the American colonies by removing many of their European
rivals and granting them access to all the land
Additional Notes:

How do you think the war affected the colonists socially and economically?
 The French-Indian War (video recap)
Five Things You Need to Know:
1. Go West! (or South) British colonies wanted to expand west. The French wanted to
expand South.
2. A soldier named George The French-Indian War marked the debut of George
Washington.
3. Alliances with Confederacies The French allies included Potawatomy, Winnebago,
Ojibwa, Mississauga, and Huron. The British turned to the Iroquois Confederacy.
4. The Tide Turned William Pitt took control of the war effort.
5. The Price of War Britain was left in debt.

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The Consequences of the War

Although the French were expelled from mainland North America, British redcoats
were permanently stationed in the cities and towns across the colonies. This became
a between British soldiers and colonial inhabitants. The
British soldiers saw themselves as better than the colonists.
While the Treaty of Paris provided additional land to populate in colonial America,
King George III forbade any expansion west of the
Proclamation of 1763.
Britain was left with massive debts after the war, leading to Parliament enacting
various taxes.
Royal Proclamation of 1763 (video):
1. Pontiac Native American leader, Pontiac, attacked the British colonists who were
encroaching on their land after the French-Indian War. Known as Pontiacs Rebellion.
2. The Boundary Cut off westward expansion. Any colonist set out west were ordered
to move back.
3. Border Security British soldiers turned colonists back across the border from the
frontier.
4. George Washington He believed the proclamation would be repealed someday and
wanted to claim land for himself.
5. A Common Enemy created near-universal hatred for the British and an early
common American identity.
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