The French and
Indian War
Bell Ringers
• We will beginning bell ringers this week
• Each day a question will be up on the
Smartboard
• You will answer this question in 2
complete sentences on your bell ringer
sheet
• The bell ringers will be collected on
Fridays and count at a 5 point grade
Bell Ringer
•Why do nations
fight wars?
(Have page D-2 on your desk so I
can check your homework)
Housekeeping:
1)Homework: Page D-7 (read and
answer questions on the back)
2)If you have not handed your
essay in, tomorrow is the last
day to hand it in
3)Binders will be checked the
week after Thanksgiving
French and Indian War
• Read one of the four stories at
your table and think about the
answers to the questions
• Using your answers to the
questions, complete your part of
the graphic organizer on page D-5
French and Indian War
• Take turns summarizing your
story for the others in your
groups, and help them fill
out the part of the graphic
organizer that you were
responsible for
Story 1: Colonists were upset that land in the
colonies was becoming too expensive, so they
wanted to expand westward
Story 2: As English people moved into the Ohio
Valley, they upset the Natives and French settlers
because they began taking resources from the them
such as land and furs
Story 3: France was angry that English colonists were
selling land in what they believed was their territory.
The French sent troops into the Ohio Valley
Story 4: England began to send military into the
Ohio region, and they tried to build military forts.
This angered the French who attacked the fort
Between 1754 and 1763, English
soldiers (from the American colonies
and England) battled the French in
the colonial territories. The Native
Americans had a choice of fighting
with the French against the English,
or with the English against the French.
If you were a Native American, which
side would you choose?
The English & English Colonists…
• Want to use your land for fur trading
and farming
• Think that Native Americans are
“savages”
• Want to expand their territory further
to the West
• Have a steadily growing population in
America
The French & French colonists…
• Want to use your land for fur trading
• Have married Native Americans and
raised families with them in America
• Have many missionaries living in
the west that try to convert Native
Americans to Christianity
• Have a relatively small population in
America
• If the French and
English are going to
have war, which side will
your Native American
tribe be allies with?
Explain why you chose
that answer!
Most of the Natives actually
chose to fight with the …
French
England and the English
colonists
vs.
France and most Native
Americans
Bell Ringer
• Why did England and France
go to war during the French
and Indian War?
• Have D-7 on your desk for me to check
Causes of the French and Indian
War
1) England's desire to expand
west
2) Conflict between England
and France over territory in
the West
3) Natives’ anger over colonists
settling on their land
French and Indian War
1) 1756-1763
2)England and its colonists vs.
France and the Natives
3)The two sides were fighting
over land in the Ohio Valley
4)Colonists began to call for
unity among the colonies
Effects
•England won and
gained territory
due to the
Treaty of Paris
February 1763
Effects
The Proclamation
Line of 1763 was
established
Proclamation Line of 1763
Effects
England had to
find a way to
pay off war
debt
1) Before the French and Indian War
began, Benjamin Franklin and other
colonial delegates created the Albany
Plan of Union. Why do you think the
colonies rejected Franklin’s plan?
– Because they wanted to control what went
on in their own colonies and were scared of
a central government taking away that
power
2) What does each section of the snake
represent?
– Each section represents a colony or a colonial
region
3) What message is Benjamin Franklin
trying to send with this cartoon?
– His message is that the colonists need to unite
together to be stronger and to survive against
outside forces. He created the cartoon to
promote the failed Albany Plan of Union. The
cartoon will also be used during the American
Revolution
4) England was in debt due to the
French and Indian War. How do
you think England was going to
pay back these debts?
–England pays for the French and
Indian War by taxing their own
citizens and taxing the colonists.
These taxes includes the Sugar Act
and the Stamp Act.
5) If you were a colonist, how would
you feel about the Proclamation Line of
1763?
–The colonists were upset that they
were not allowed to settle to the west
of the line. Their belief was that
settling to the west was one of the
main reasons for the French and
Indian War