U.S. History

Chapter 6: Conflicts in the ColoniesSection 2: Consequences of the French & Indian

War

The Frontier

Initial British settlement occurred near the

coast and rivers

The Frontier

Backcountry—thinly populated area

between the coastal settlements and the

Appalachian Mountains

The Frontier

Pioneers moved into the Ohio Valley because of rich farmland, large forests, and

plentiful wild game.

Conflict in the Ohio River Valley

British replaced the French as the European power in the Ohio Valley following the French &

Indian War

Conflict in the Ohio River Valley

•British believed they were entitled to landed ceded by France

•British wanted to settle lands

Conflict in the Ohio River Valley

Problem!Indians do not recognize treaty with Great Britain

and France.

Conflict in the Ohio River Valley

•Pontaic: Ottawa chief who led the Indian tribes against the British

Conflict in the Ohio River Valley

Pontiac urged Indians to drive away white and abandon European practicesPontiac speaking to

Native Americans

Conflict in the Ohio River Valley

•Pontiac & his followers rebel by attacking British forts.

•May 1763: Indians attack British forts on frontier

•Destroyed/Captured 7 forts in one month

Conflict in the Ohio River Valley

•Pontiac leads attack on Ft Detroit

•British hold out for months

•Indians begin to leave

•Failed attack on Ft. Pitt

•Surrender in 1766

Conflict in the Ohio River Valley

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Proclamation of 1763

•Great Britain’s concerns:–More settlers = more fighting

–Disrupt trade

–Spend more money on defense

Proclamation of 1763

Proclamation of 1763—banned British

settlement West of the Appalachian

Mountains

Proclamation of 1763

•Create boundary between colonial and Indian lands

•Ordered colonists already in area to return east

Proclamation of 1763

•Difficult to enforce

•People wanted to trade & settle

• Increases tension between colonists and Britain

Causes Effects

Proclamation of 1763