French and Indian War
(1754 – 1763)
It WAS NOT a war between
the French and the Indians
It WAS a war between the…
 British
( which included English soldiers
and American colonists)
AND THE
 French
(with Native Americans as allies)
What were they
fighting about?
LAND!
(Country with
the most land
would have the
most money,
and we know
what money
equals…)
This is how North America looked
before the war
War erupted in
1754 over disputed
claims by Britain
and France to the
Ohio River Valley.
France built forts
there to protect its
fur trade – and its
claims. Most Indian
tribes, except the
Iroquois, sided with
the French.
Because of the war against the
French, Ben Franklin proposed the
Albany Plan of Union
What does it mean?
It means…
Colonists must stick together,
work together, fight together
or…
…
they will be
defeated!!!
Dude…it’s your
choice. Fight
as one…or die
apart.
G.I. George…the First
American Hero!!!
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George Washington got his first
military experience as a 21-year
old colonel in this war.
Helped the British fight the
Indians in the Ohio River Valley.
France LOST the
French and Indian War
Now what happens?
England and France signed a peace
treaty called the
Treaty of Paris 1763
(named this because it was signed
in Paris to end the war.)
What did the Treaty of
Paris do?
1. France had to give the rest of Canada to
the British.
2. France also gave land between
Appalachian Mountains and the
Mississippi River to British (called the
Ohio River Valley)
Can you spot the changes?
Effects of the War on Britain:
1. Increased size of their
colonial empire in America
I’m king of
the world!
2. Enlarged England’s debt!
(because war is expensive!)
So what does the king do?
England began to tax the
colonies to pay the debt!
WHY WOULD HE DO THIS?
What else did he do?
He banned the colonists from settling west
of the Appalachian Mountains (in the new
territory won from France).
Why?
He couldn’t protect the colonists from
Indian raids (too expensive, and he just
didn’t care!)
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
Westward settlement beyond
the Appalachian Mountains was
forbidden!
How did the colonists react?
They didn’t like it one little
bit!
Can you say “Revolution?”