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The French and Indian War1754-1763
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The French and Indian WarWho fought?
Britain
American colonies
Iroquois
vs.
France
All other Native North Americans
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The French and Indian War
Longstanding differences
England and France had been fighting for years:
First Hundred Years’ War: 1337-1453
Second Hundred Years’ War: 1689-1815
more a series of conflicts than a true “war”
French and Indian War was a battle for territory
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The French and Indian War
Longstanding differences
Differences in North America:
England came to establish permanent settlements and colonies
France came to establish trade networks locally and internationally
How might this affect relations with Native Americans?
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The French and Indian War
Causes of war
1. Expansion of trade
2. Competing claims for theOhio River Valley (OhioCountry)
3. Ignoring native claims
4. Fear of Catholicism
5. Fear of Anti-Catholicism
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The French and Indian War
1747: Celoron’s ExpeditionFrench expedition led by Pierre-Joseph Celoron de Blainville
Burial of at least six engraved plates to claim land around Ohio River
Meeting with 789 tribal leaders at Logstown
Goals:• Chase British from the
frontier• Demand allegiance from
local Native Americans
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Father Joseph Bonnecamp, a Jesuit missionary in Celoron’sexpedition, meets with Shawnee warriors in Logstown, 1749
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The French and Indian War
1747: Celoron’s ExpeditionFrench expedition led by Pierre-Joseph Celoron de Blainville
Burial of at least six engraved plates to claim land around Ohio River
Meeting with 789 tribal leaders at Logstown
Goals:• Chase British from the
frontier• Demand allegiance from
local Native Americans
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The French and Indian War
1754-55: Bloodshed in Western PA
George Washington, Virginia militia sent to Jumonville Glen
Braddock’s “flying column”defeated along the Mon
Washington advises to use guerrilla tactics
Stunning defeat of the British
Washington emerges a reluctant hero
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The French and Indian War
1754: Albany Conference
Enter Benjamin Franklin, imploring colonial unity
Colonies request permission from King George II to create common defense system
Creation of “president-general”
Shot down by British, colonial rulers
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The French and Indian War
1758: Forbes and Duquesne
General John Forbes and many reinforcements arrive
British storm Ft. Duquesne, abandoned without a fight
Renamed Fort Pitt, for British Secretary of State and the Earl of Chatham
Surge of British troops swings tide of war
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Siege of Fort Pitt
1763
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Treaty of Paris (1763)Ends the French and Indian War
Spain had allied with France.France knew it was losing the war.Spain was the lesser of two evils.
Terms of the peace
1. Spain gets Louisiana Territory
2. Great Britain gets Canada
3. Great Britain gets all landeast of the Mississippi Riverexcept city of New Orleans
4. Many islands, small colonieschange hands
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6. Eighteen months of “unrestrained emigration”
Acadians are evicted from the Acadian Peninsula
Relocate to “Acadiana” in Louisiana Territory near New Orleans and become cajuns
5. King George II’s Royal Proclamation of 1763No white settlements west of Appalachian Mountains
Why? Money
A. Try to keep Indians happy (frontier war is expensive)
B. Concentrate population in profitable port cities
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Bridge to Revolution
Economic consequences of war1. War profits; tax problems
The French and Indian War had been great for colonial business
“Just print more money”
Inflation undercuts colonial economy
Taste for fine British manufactured goods leads to credit problems
Colonists make money, spend money at rates previously unseen
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Bridge to Revolution
Economic consequences of war2. Corruption in customs
Smugglers simply bribe the “officials” on duty
Britain decides to act
British pass protective tariffs*
* taxes on goods to drive up thecost of all non-British importedgoods