3.4 French and Indian War

1. 3.4 French and Indian War Mrs. Megan Rose Mr. James Tweed United States History I Manalapan High School

2. Causes • Britain and France had long been engaged in a battler to build a world empire (7 Years War in Europe, First World War in history!) • Competition will spill over to the New World. Acquiring colonies will become a priority for each. • French establish New France in the heart of the continent

3. ` • British want to expand west to Ohio River Valley • British try to move French off the land • http://www1.canadiana.org/citm/_images/common/nf-1759-e.jpg

5. French and Native American Relations • French were not concerned about settling colonies so much as they were concerned with exploiting them for their natural resources. • French used beaver skins for hats • Needed N.A. as trading partners, developed good relations and military alliances • Hurons will become a powerful ally

6. War Begins • British and French contest the Ohio Country • French built Fort Duquesne • Virginia government granted 200,000 acres of land in the same region • 22 year old G. Washington sent to take Ohio back • Washington established Ft. Necessity by France’s fort

7. First battle took place at Fort Necessity • Britain lost most early battles, British officers did not show bravery or a willingness to put themselves out • This will frustrate many Americans like Washington who had 4 horses shot from under him and was grazed by bullets twice

8. Pitt and Iroquois Change the Tide In 1757, King George II decided that he wanted new leaders in America-appointed William Pitt to oversee military Gives new life to the army and British start to win Iroquois ally w/British when they see they will win British defeat French in a sneak attack at the Battle of Quebec

9. Effects of F & I War • Treaty of Paris -1763 • Britain claims Canada and North America east of Mississippi River (including Florida) • Spain receives New Orleans and land west of Mississippi • Indians treated harshly under British • Pontiac’s Rebellion-British officers delivered small-pox blankets

10. Proclamation of 1763 • Created by the British to protect the colonists • Line across Appalachians that colonists could not cross-Colonists will become extremely angered by this

12. British suffer financial crisis as a result of war so they will tax colonists even more • Colonists see British as militarily weak

13. Growing tensions b/w colonists and Britain • England did not maintain its end of the mercantalism deal • Americans realized they could win battles against the British • Resent not being able to settle past Appalachain mntns. • Troops threaten colonial freedom-take away salutary neglect • Unfair taxation! Preview to American Revolution

14. F & I War Summary • CAUSES: • Britain and France compete to build world empire • French establish New France in the heart of the continent • British colonists want to expand west of Ohio River Valley • British try to move French off the land

15. Effect • Britain defeats France • Britain claims Canada and North America east of Mississippi • Spain receives New Orleans and land west of Mississippi • Native Americans suffer under British domination • Britain bans further incursions into Native American territory