The French and Indian War

Britain’s Victory in the French and Indian War Forced France to give up its North American Colonies

Key Vocabulary

French and Indian War

Albany Plan of Union

Battle of Quebec

Treaty of Paris

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Proclamation of 1763

French Dressings

French Explorers claim the Ohio River Valley, Mississippi River Valley, the Great lakes Region, and Louisiana

The French Fortified their colony by building forts along all major rivers

The French population in North America was 80,000 compared to the English population in the Millions

Jesuits and fur traders worked with Native Americans to survive in the Colonies

Arms Race

England and France begin to compete for furs, and alliances in the colonies

France Allied with the Huron and Algonquin tribes while the British Allied with the Iroquois tribes

When the Iroquois Tribe started taking land belonging to the Huron and Algonquin Tribes the French armed them to fight back

England Supplied Weapons to the Iroquois Tribe leading to warfare in the colonies

French Bread….of war…OK I KNOW THIS

DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

France and England go to war in Europe and the conflict spills over into North America

Native American Allies were drawn into the war with England And France

The French and Indian War would finally Decide who controlled Interior North America

French River Dance….NOW THIS IS GETTING

OUT OF HAND

As Britain begins to settle into the Ohio River valley, France and their Allies destroy British trading Posts

France Builds Military Forts along the Ohio river

Virginia, under George Washington, tries to force France to leave

As Britain builds their fort at the base of the Ohio River, France takes it over and renames it fort Duquesne

Un-united and it feels so good

George Washington Builds Fort Necessity which was attacked and taken over by France

As the French and Indian War Begins, the Iroquois Nations decline to fight against France

Ben Franklin Proposes the Albany Plan of Union to Unite the Colonies but is defeated

The plan called for colonies to combine to settle and protect the Americas but Legislatures did not want to give up their power

French Toast

Britain sends General Edward Braddock to help George Washington defeat French Troops

When France launched a Surprise attack Braddock held his ground and continued to fight

The French Troops were able to Defeat the Larger British Army and continued to dominate the early years of the war

French Fried

William Pitt sent Britain's best generals to help win the war

General James Wolfe plans, and carries out, a surprise attack on Quebec

The French Troops awoke to British Troops beginning the Battle of Quebec

Both Leaders were killed in battle and France Surrendered Quebec and Montréal

Trick or Treaty….Part Deux

After losing the French and Indian War, France loses the Seven Years War

Under the Treaty of Paris, Britain got all the land EAST of the Mississippi and Florida

Spain received the French Territories to the WEST of the Mississippi as well as Cuba and the Philippines

France lost all power in North America

Driven to Thrill

As British forces took over French Forts they began to anger the Native Americans

The Native Americans Surrounded and Destroyed British Forts During Pontiac’s Rebellion

British Forces responded using brutal attacks and diseases to defeat the Native Americans

The British Issued the Proclamation of 1763 forbidding the settlement of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains

This Act would anger the colonists and cause hostility leading to the Revolutionary War

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