Notes 1 The Proclamation Do you know what

Notes # 1 The Proclamation

Do you know what a Proclamation is? • A public and official announcement Yes yes, I hereby proclaim that I have fancy pants, haha!!!

!!! My Proclamation !!! • I proclaim, that because my tax dollars go towards YOUR education, that you must forever remain in my classroom. • You may never leave this room because how do I know that once you leave, you will be educated? I don’t want my tax dollars to go to waste! • Also, if you leave, you may get into trouble, and then your education might be endangered, and then MY money might be wasted.

Lets look at what caused a REAL Proclamation

7 Years War (1756 – 1763) French and Indian War (1754 – 1763) • Both French and British colonists in North America kept adventuring into each others lands, causing tension that soon led to fighting. • This eventually led to a far greater war back in Europe, the 7 Years War in which Prussia (Germany) and England fought against the French, Austro – Hungarians, small German states and Russia. • In the end the Prussians and British won in both Europe and North America.

Colonists in the French and Indian War • The colonists, considering themselves British citizens, joined up to fight the French and their Indian allies. • Many lost farms and family members to the fighting, and expected that after the British victory, they would be allowed to expand westward, one of the events that initially caused the war in the first place.

British soldiers and colonist fought side by side in the war, George Washington, who would later be America’s first President, was actually a British officer.

War debt and blame • The French and Indian War cost the British a lot of money. Though they gained land other wealth because of their victory, bills still needed to be paid. • The British blamed the colonists for starting the war, after all, it was the colonists who initially started to fight the French and the Indians. • The Colonists should then pay the war debt.

lets look at page 123 in the book, the section By the Numbers. Are the numbers fair?

Colonist Response • The Colonists believed that it was the British governments responsibility to protect them. • Also, the French and British where not just fighting in North America, but also in Europe, that wasn’t the Colonists fault. • British living in England might pay more, but they get to vote, colonists don’t, therefore they should not be taxed as much.

The Proclamation of 1763 • Colonists prevented from moving west of proclamation line to prevent further conflict with Indians. • The British built many forts, and sent 10, 000 soldiers to keep colonists in. • Good for British government, for they could control colonists, make money off of them.

!!! Colonist You !!! • Guess what, you are a Colonist, whether you want to be or not, haha!!! • 2 paragraph essay!!! • 1 st paragraph: explain how you feel about the Proclamation of 1763. Do you like it, do you hate it, explain? • 2 nd paragraph: Why are the British doing this in the first place? Do they have a right to do it? What are YOU going to do about it?