History: Pre-Revolutionary War

Leona Carretero
February, 23, 2017
History 101
Chapter 5 Assignment
In the reading The Ends of Empire: 1754-1774, there were significant changes that occurred with Great Britain and the American colonists. Colonists, who originally associated themselves with Great Britain, ended up discovering they had many more similar views with the Americans. These similarities included politics, economy, and their views on government actions. There were five events that I found to be important between 1754-1774. The first event that I found to be important was in 1756, when Britain declared war on France. This was the beginning of the Seven Years War, the first global war. The Seven-Years war resulted in many European nations desperately searching

Although it did temporarily protect the Indians, it did not avoid conflict, because it ended up creating a clash between the settlers, who were already west of the boundary, and land speculation companies. This event was important because not only were there economic benefits that resulted in the Proclamation but it was one of the first and only laws set out to protect Native Americans in the United States. The fourth event that I found to be important was the Stamp Act Crisis in 1765. The Stamp Act had a major impact on almost every American colonist, specifically the more elite colonists, because it required almost all printed material to have tax stamps. This event was important because taxes were no longer a form of controlling trade, but now taxes were a measure to raise money. It caused a lot of controversy and people who violated the Stamp Act would be

Men such as John Adams and Samuel Adams became the leaders and creators of a new nation. These men were in charge of three tasks: 1) detecting American injustices, 2) creating a strategy for resistance, and 3) defining their relationship with Great Britain. This event was important because the Continental Congress was a huge representation of compromise and was a demonstration to how far Americans had come. Overall, the Seven Years War, the Treaty of Paris, the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act Crisis, and the First Continental Congress were pivotal moments between 1752-1774. These events created many changes in colonial America and set the stage for American’s political, economic, and geographic