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– Will Grade Exploration Unit
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Title: Revolution in the Colonies
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• Title: French and Indian War
• Create a 4 Square on TOP Half of Page
WHO is Fighting?
WHY are They Fighting?
How are the Native Relations
Different Between the French
and the British?
What was the Albany Plan
of Union?
If France and Britain have
both “claimed” this land, what
do you think will happen?
Between…
FRANCE
• French Allies: Algonquin
and Huron People
GREAT BRITAIN
English Allies: Iroquois
Indians- Joseph Brant
The enemy of my enemy is my
friend…
Add Page 1
• Title: French and Indian War
• Create a 4 Square on TOP Half of Page
WHO is Fighting?
WHY are They Fighting?
How are the Native Relations
Different Between the French
and the British?
What was the Albany Plan
of Union?
Read Pages 151153 and Answer
the 4 Square
Questions
What Happened: Both Countries
Allied with Indians to help them Fight
France
Britain
Fur trading is France’s
main source of income in
North America.
Fur trappers
and traders
adopted many
Indian ways.
British Treatment of Native
Americans
• Farming-destruction of forest
• British customs contradicted Native
Americans
• Did not inter-marry
Algonquins
France
Hurons
Iroquois
Mohawk chief
Joseph Brant
England
Why: Fighting over Fur trade.
• British colonist wanted to make $ by
trapping fur. (Like the French had been doing)
Why: They both wanted to control the
Ohio River Valley where fur was most
likely found.
Where: Ohio River Valley
Ohio
Virginia
North Carolina
Land
West of
The 13
Colonies:
Beneath
the Great
Lakes
Why: France blocked Britain from
Moving West by building forts
Ha Ha!
You
Can’t
Get in!
Key People
• George Washington: Land Surveyor
(made maps) for the British. He
knew the land of the Ohio River
Valley.
• Benjamin Franklin: First person to
come up with the idea that the
colonies should join together with
one Government.
 Albany Congress met in 1754 to discuss a stronger alliance
with the Iroquois and a united colonial defense.
 Ben Franklin (Penn. Delegate) proposes Albany Plan of
Union to create “one general government for 13 colonies to
make laws, raise taxes and set up defense for the colonies.”
 Ben Franklin publishes the first political cartoon to promote
the Albany Plan of Union.
 Delegates vote to accept the plan, but it was not approved by
any of the colonies.
Stump Your Neighbor
• You will come up with 3 Statements about
the French and Indian War
– 2 Will Be TRUE
– 1 Will Be FALSE
• While you think, we will watch this video.
 War begins in 1754 - called the Seven Years’ War in
Europe
 22 year old Major George Washington launched surprise
attack on the French to begin the War
Fort Necessity (present)
 In 1755 Gen. Braddock and half of the British army are
killed at Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh, PA).
 This was a major defeat for the British.
Fort Duquesne (present)
General Braddock
 In 1759, Gen. James Wolfe captures the New
France capital, Quebec with a surprise attack up
steep cliffs along the St. Lawrence River.
 War officially ends in 1763 with the Treaty
of
Paris, signed by England and France.
 French has no power in North America, Brit. gained
Canada (eh?) and all Fr. lands east of the Mississippi,
except New Orleans.
 Spain gave up Florida to Brit., but received all Fr. lands
west of the Mississippi River, along with New Orleans.
• Create a complete 5 sentence paragraph
to answer the question:
• Explain how the French and Indian War
helped create the first attempt at
unifying the English colonies in North
America. What were the results of that
attempt?