APUSH Final Unit 2: 1754-1800 (The American Revolution)
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1. Seven Years' The cause of the Seven Years' War French/Indian War
War French/In- was...
dian War/CAUSE
(Chapter 00, p.
000)
2. Seven Years The effect of The French and Indian War (1754-1763) es-
War/French Indi- tablished Britain as the European authority in North Amer-
an War/EFFECT ica, catalyzed the beginnings of American identity, and
(Chapter 00, p. set the stage for the American Revolution of 1776. With a
000) British victory, Britain not only solidified its land claims in
North America but also thoroughly defeated its European
enemies, which left Britain as the world's ruling superpow-
er. The expense of the war required Britain to raise taxes
across the empire and end the salutary neglect. As Britain
implemented and enforced new taxes, the colonistsfresh
off being bonded by fighting warrealized that only together
could they fight against Britain's attempts at control over
the colonies.
3. Mercantilism and Mercantilism was significant because it was the economic
Triangular Trade system followed by Britain that led to the development of
and colonial eco- Triangular Trade, the growth of slavery in the American
nomic relation- Colonies, and was a cause of the American Revolution.
ship with Britain Mercantilism occurred after Oliver Cromwell defeated the
(Chapter 4, p. British monarchy in 1651. He embraced a RIGID form
137, 176) of Mercantilism. 1) Government controlled all economic
activities. 2) Key industries were regulated, taxed and
subsidized. 3) People with specialized skills like textile
machinery workers, were not permitted to leave Britain.
4) Provided silver and gold and raw materials like fur,
fish, grain, timber, indigo, tar, sugar, and tobacco. Forced
colonial consumers to buy goods created in their home
country. No competition. 5) Colonies were havens for the
poor, unemployed, and imprisoned. Relieved social ten-
sion and political unrest in the home country.
4. Navigation Acts Navigation Acts were created due to the competitive ad-
and Mercantilism vantages of mercantilism for the home country. It caused
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, APUSH Final Unit 2: 1754-1800 (The American Revolution)
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(Chapter 00, p. British leader Oliver Cromwell to adopt the Navigation Acts
00) to increase control over colonial economies. 1) Navigation
Act of 1651: All goods be carried to and from colonies
on British Ships. Prevented Dutch shippers from carry-
ing colonial goods for less money. Smuggling occurred.
2) Navigation Act of 1663: Staples Act required that all
shipments from Europe to America stop in Britain and
be offloaded and taxed before being transported to the
colonies. 3) Act to Prevent Fraud and Abuses 1696: Re-
quired royal governors to enforce Navigation Acts and
smugglers were tried in royal military courts since colonial
courts would not convict peers. By late 1600s, Britain's
efforts to enforce the navigation acts waned. Prime Min-
ister Robert Walpole (1721-1742) decided that American
colonies should be left alone to export needed raw mate-
rials (timber, tobacco, rice, indigo.) and to buy manufac-
tured goods from the mother country. This was known as
Salutary Neglect.
5. Salutary Neglect Salutary neglect before the French/Indian War was an
( Chapter 4, p. unwritten policy where British officials allowed merchants
140, p. 176) in Colonial America to break shipping laws. The policy
allowed colonial merchants to flourish and also benefited
British merchants. However, when the British Government
tried to reverse the policy after the French/Indian War and
it led to unrest and violence that contributed to the Amer-
ican Revolution and the War for Independence. British
Prime Minister Walpole did not realize that salutary ne-
glect would create among many colonists an independent
attitude that would blossom into the American Revolution.
6. Mercantilism af- After the French and Indian War ended in 1763, colonial
ter French/Indian policy shifted so new laws were used to levy taxes directly
War (Chapter 0, on Americans and to restrict their use of currency.
pp. 00)
7. Stamp Act (Chap- An act passed by the British parliament in 1756 that raised
ter 2, p. 152) revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the
form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or
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