Topic: French/Indian WarEQ: What were the causes and effects of the French and Indian War?

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MR. MACKHISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 17 , 2013

The French and Indian War

Disclaimer!

The French and Indian War was not between the French and the Indians (or Native Americans).

The French and Indian War was between the French and British, with help from colonial leaders and Native Americans.

The French and Indian War Begins!

The British and the French controlled land in North America.

Britain begins to moved west, into the Ohio River Valley.

Britain send a militia, led by Washington to order the French to leave.

The French and Indian War Begins!

The British and the French began to build forts in the Ohio River Valley.

French: Fort DuquesneBritish: Fort Necessity

The Albany Congress

Expecting a war, the British government calls a meeting of colonial leaders. Plan for the colonies to defend themselves against the

French. Hoped to form an alliance with the Iroquois.

Alliance – an agreement between nations or groups to help each other.

The Iroquois refused they expected the French to win.

The Albany Congress

Plan by Benjamin Franklin: Representative from

each colony Tax and form army Control westward

expansion

Colonies rejected this plan.

Turn and Talk!

Why would the colonies reject Franklin’s Plan?

Early British Defeats

The British loses many early battles: Fort Duquesne (failed attack) Fort Necessity (forced to surrender) Fort Niagara (failed attack) Lake George (ambushed)

The British Turn the Tide

William Pitt became Prime Minister in Britain

British captured: Fort Louisbourg Fort Duquesne

(renamed Fort Pitt)

Iroquois then sides with the British

Battle of QuebecFrance lostTreaty of Paris

signed:1. France cedes

(surrenders)2. France loses most

land in North America

3. Britain moves west4. Britain gets Florida