Chapter 6………. Wars, Wars and More Wars…. French and Indian War.
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Transcript of Chapter 6………. Wars, Wars and More Wars…. French and Indian War.
Chapter 6……….
Wars, Wars and More Wars….
French and Indian War
St Bartholew’s DayMassacre, 1572
10,000 Hugenots massacred
Louis XIV, The Sun King
1643-1715
Champlain’s Explorations including Quebec, 1608
French Distinctives
1.Along rivers: St Lawrence, Ohio, Mississippi2.Allied w/ Huron, hated by Iroquois3.Autocratic, no representation, no trial by jury of peers4.Slow growth rates 5.Only Catholic families (no Hugenots)6.Caribbean Colonies favored by French Government7.Fur trapping was primary economic activity8. Fur Trapping and Catholicism eased Indian relations
1688-1763 Four World Wars……1688-1763
•King William’s War (1688-97)Deerfield, Schenectady Massacres
•Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713)Brits take over Acadia “Nova Scotia”
•King George’s War (1744-1748)fought in Georgia vs Spaintook over Louisbourg, then returned
•French & Indian War (1754-1763)7 Years’ War, major British victory
… And 5 more: America was in them all???
War of Jenkin’s Ear, 1739 (not a World War)
War of Jenkin’s Ear
GW, 22 year old kid who sparks a World War at Fort Necessity, 1754
Expulsion of Acadians, 1755
“America was conquered in Germany”-William Pitt
Terms and Names from the F&I War………..
•Edward Braddock, Fort Duquesne, 1755
•William Pitt
•Treaty of Paris (1763)
Ben Franklin,Architect of the Albany Plan of Union1754
7 of 13 Colonies show, approve the planRejected by all Colonial legislatures
General Wolfe, British general killed in victory at the Battle of Quebec, 1759
Proclamation Line of 1763
Pontiac’sRebellion, 1763
Effects of the French and Indian War
•Created British Empire and all its challengesFrench a minority in Canada, Indian policy new challenge
(Pontiac, Proclamation Act, Quartering Act)•Spain takes over New Orleans•1755 Acadians removed from Nova Scotia (Arcadia)- 4000 move to
Louisiana•Albany Congress attempted unity- though unsuccessful, a step closer to America•Colonials see British defeated (Braddock at Ft. Duquesne)- British
are beatable gain experience as guerrilla fighters•GW gains combat experience, rebuffed on officer’s commission•Salutary neglect of the early 18th Cent. Led to increased smuggling
with Spain and France (esp in West Indies)•British incur large debt from F&I War that impacts future