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Do Now. In your notebook answer the following question (do not write the question down) The United States of France When Britain controlled the colonies, France tried several times to take control of North America. Imagine what North America would be like today if France had succeeded.
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Do Now • In your notebook answer the following question (do not write the question down) • The United States of France • When Britain controlled the colonies, France tried several times to take control of North America. Imagine what North America would be like today if France had succeeded. • What would we eat, wear, do for fun? • What would we believe? • What do you think today’s lesson is about?
Background • England, Spain, France, and the Netherlands were fighting to expand their own empires and that fight soon came to North America. • What do you already know about these countries and their North American territories? • French occupied west of the Appalachian Mountains • Spain occupied Florida • Dutch used to own New York & New Jersey
Once France tried to keep the English colonies out of the Ohio Valley the Native Americans took notice of them fighting for what was Native American land. • “You & the French are like the two edges of a pair of shears. And we are the cloth which is to be cut to pieces between them” ~a Native American • What does this quote mean? • Stuck in the middle
The war in North America from 1754 to 1763 in Europe it was called the 7 years war • Most Native American Indians fought on the side of the French (Algonquin & Hurons) • Why did the Algonquin & Hurons side with the French? • Because the French trappers and traders that didn’t destroy Indian hunting grounds • Many French trappers married Indian women and adopted their culture • Although few did fight on the side of the English (Iroquois) • Why did the Iroquois take sides with the English? • The enemy of my enemy is my friend • The Iroquois were old enemies of the Algonquin and Huron people
The War begins… • Why did they call this war the French and Indian War? • Because it was the French and Indians against the English (and Iroquois) • The war began when the English became alarmed at the Forts being built by the French in the Ohio River Valley. • The first battle ends with George Washington surrendering to the French at Fort Necessity
Albany Congress • While Washington was at Fort Necessity… • Delegates from 7 colonies gathered in Albany, NY • To form a strong alliance with the Iroquois • To plan a united colonial defense • The Albany Plan of Union • To create “one general gov’t” for the 13 colonies • No one approved it • No colonies wanted to give up their power • Ben Franklin, “Everyone cries a union is necessary. But when they come to the manner and form or the union, their weak noodles are perfectly distracted” • What does this mean? • Everyone wants the same thing, but can’t agree on how to make it happen
Braddock Marches to Duquesne • June 1755: Braddock sets out from Virginia British troops & blue-coated colonial militias including George Washington as one of his aids • Braddock’s army took several weeks to trek through dense forest to Fort Duquesne • July 9, 1755: Native American Warriors and French troops ambushed Braddock and his men • The British lost the battle & their Commander in Chief General Edward Braddock • The losing streak for the English would last for two more years…
Exit Slip • Explain why the French & Indian War started • List 3 reasons why Native Americans took sides in the War • What political effect it had on the English Colonists
