The French and Indian War
(A.K.A. 7-Years’ War)
Tension between England and
France
• 1. The tensions are mostly about the land
west of the English settlement in North
America.
• A. The French claim the land but have almost no
settlers there—just a few forts.
• B. The English colonists want the land because
they are getting too crowded.
The Ohio Valley
• A group of investors from
Virginia (including the
Washington Brothers) form
the Ohio Company to get
land west of Virginia.
• Young George Washington
leads a group of soldiers
and Native Americans to
expel the French from the
area.
Fort Necessity
• Washington builds Fort Necessity.
• The French capture the fort, but
Washington is let go to return to VA.
• The war has begun.
The War
• Iroquois—ally with Brits.
• Braddock’s Defeat (1755)
• William Pitt (1757)
The French and Indian War
• The war is fought all over the globe—
North America, Europe, India, and the
Caribbean.
• England eventually wins.
Results of English victory in North
America
• England gets all of Canada and all land in
North America east of the Mississippi
River.
• Spain gets all of the territory west of the
Mississippi River.
• The French are out.
Problems that arise in the
aftermath
• 1. England becomes more involved in the
running of the colonies.
• 2. Proclamation Line of 1763
• 3. Standing Army
• 4. How to pay for the war?
• Taxes on the colonists.