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
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French Explorers claim the Ohio River Valley, Mississippi
River Valley, the Great lakes Region, and Louisiana
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The French Fortified their colony by building forts along all
major rivers
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The French population in North America was 80,000
compared to the English population in the Millions
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Jesuits and fur traders worked with Native Americans to
survive in the Colonies
Arms Race
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England and France begin to compete for furs, and alliances
in the colonies
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France Allied with the Huron and Algonquin tribes while the
British Allied with the Iroquois tribes
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When the Iroquois Tribe started taking land belonging to the
Huron and Algonquin Tribes the French armed them to fight
back
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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
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France and England go to war in Europe
and the conflict spills over into North
America
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Native American Allies were drawn into the
war with England And France
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The French and Indian War would finally
Decide who controlled Interior North
America
French River Dance….
NOW THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND
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As Britain begins to settle into the Ohio River
valley, France and their Allies destroy British
trading Posts
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France Builds Military Forts along the Ohio river
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Virginia, under George Washington, tries to force
France to leave
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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
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George Washington Builds Fort Necessity which was attacked
and taken over by France
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As the French and Indian War Begins, the Iroquois Nations
decline to fight against France
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Ben Franklin Proposes the Albany Plan of Union to Unite the
Colonies but is defeated
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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
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Britain sends General Edward Braddock to help
George Washington defeat French Troops
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When France launched a Surprise attack Braddock
held his ground and continued to fight
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The French Troops were able to Defeat the Larger
British Army and continued to dominate the early
years of the war
French Fried
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William Pitt sent Britain's best generals to help win
the war
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General James Wolfe plans, and carries out, a
surprise attack on Quebec
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The French Troops awoke to British Troops
beginning the Battle of Quebec
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Both Leaders were killed in battle and France
Surrendered Quebec and Montréal
Trick or Treaty….Part Deux
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After losing the French and Indian War, France
loses the Seven Years War
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Under the Treaty of Paris, Britain got all the land
EAST of the Mississippi and Florida
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Spain received the French Territories to the WEST
of the Mississippi as well as Cuba and the
Philippines
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France lost all power in North America
Driven to Thrill
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As British forces took over French Forts they began to anger
the Native Americans
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The Native Americans Surrounded and Destroyed British Forts
During Pontiac’s Rebellion
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British Forces responded using brutal attacks and diseases to
defeat the Native Americans
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The British Issued the Proclamation of 1763 forbidding the
settlement of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
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This Act would anger the colonists and cause hostility
leading to the Revolutionary War
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