Cause of
French &
Indian War
Study the map
and describe
one cause of
the French and
Indian War?
Causes of French & Indian War
From the Diagram, list
two causes of the French
and Indian War?
Population and Economic Push
The French and Indian Wars are
Combination of Wars
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The Seven Years War
King William's War
Queen Anne’s War
King George’s War
The French and Indian War
Remember, rivalries in Europe always spill over into the Colonies.
Mission: To rid the Ohio Valley of
the French Invaders.
Strength: 1400 British Regulars;
smaller number of Colonial Militia
Braddock “halted to level every mole hill and to erect bridges over
every brook by which means we were four days getting twelve miles”
(Washington)
Braddock’s Dilemma: Tried to fight a European style war in the
wilderness of Pennsylvania.
Braddock’s force
is routed and
retreats in
disarray. During
the battle on July
9th Braddock is
mortally
wounded.
Braddock dies
and is buried in
the middle of the
road he built and
the remainder of
his army marches
over him to hide
the grave from the
French and their
allies.
 Failed to secure Ft. Duquesne.
 Suffered over 1000 Casualties, including himself.
 Washington to the rescue again.
Britain Declares War on France
• Alliance with Prussia.
• Prussia v France and its Allies in Europe.
• Britain fought France in the Caribbean,
India, and North America.
• British suffer many losses in the early years
of the war: Settlements are attacked; lose
forts on Lake Ontario and Lake George.
Question: What does it take to
fight a war?
William Pitt
The right man, at the right
time, and in the right place can
make all the difference.
 Secretary of State
 Prime Minister
 Military Logistician
 Excellent Judge of Military
Commanders
Global Thinker
Peace Treaty of Paris
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England Receives Canada
French Lands East of the Mississippi
Florida From Spain
Spain Receives Lands West of Mississippi
and New Orleans
• France allowed to keep Sugar Producing
Islands in the Caribbean.
Peace Treaties Lead to War
• Question: Who is especially unhappy about the
French loss?
• The Native Americans.
• British Trappers and Settlers refuse to pay Native
Americans for the use of the land.
• Chief Pontiac puts together a Native American
Alliance and strikes back at the British.
• Pontiac fails to capture key terrain.
• Pontiac’s War ends in 1765.
Cause of the American
Revolution
Pitt decides to fund the war through the British Treasury and
through loans. This relieves the American colonists from
fronting the bill for the war. However, after the war is over,
Britain must settle its debts and pay for a standing army in
America. In order to do this they decide to have the colonists
bear some of the burden for their own defense.
Cause of the American
Revolution
The Proclamation of 1763
 Proclaimed that land west of the Appalachian Mountains
temporarily off limits to settlements.
 British Halt Westward Expansion to minimize costs in
maintaining a military force to secure the Frontier.
 Colonists upset. Especially those who had bought shares
in companies or bought land in the newly captured territories.
 However, this does create a fragile peace between the
British and the Native Americans.