Wars of Empire:

1. Wars of Empire: Chapter 3 Section 4:

2. 1) European Competition and the Colonies • In North America England’s rival was _______. • American colonists fought on the ______ side. • French have an advantage: Native American allies • Both sides gave the N.A.s lots of gifts • N.A.s knew that their land was in the balance • The French weren’t colonizing North America, and so they were less of a threat to

3. France-Britain in America:

4. 2) The Balance Shifts: • As the population of the colonies grew the British gained the advantage. • 1754: ___________ Colonists v. 70,000 French • The French built a string of forts from the Great Lakes down the Mississippi River. • Relied on N.A.’s to protect them. • N.A.’s willing to help: Thought they could get rid of the French later.

5. Major French Forts:

6. Typical French Fort:

7. 3) The French and Indian War: A) The Ohio River Valley: • Both F. and B. claimed the O.R.V. • No one really lived there • F. built Fort Duquesne to claim the area The Ohio River Valley:

8. 3) The French and Indian War: B) The Early Battles: • B. send General Edward _____________ to fight. • George Washington was his aide • Braddock marches straight into an ambush and is killed. • Washington manages to escape with half the army • Becomes a hero: • First American Colonists to attack the F. • Starts the ___________ Years War (French and Indian War in America)

9. The Leaders: Braddock: Washington:

10. Braddock’s Poor Tactics:

11. Braddock’s Death:

12. 3) The French and Indian War: B) The Early Battles: • 1756 and 1757: • B. attacked F. forts • F. attacked frontier towns • 1758 and 1759: • B. used their ships to __________ North America

13. BLOCKADE!

14. 3) The French and Indian War: B) The Early Battles: • 1756 and 1757: • B. attacked F. forts • F. attacked frontier towns • 1758 and 1759: • B. used their ships to blockade North America • N.A.s switched allegiances to the B.

15. 3) The French and Indian War: C) Quebec: • General _______________attacked the F. fort at Quebec. • Capital of New France • Was supposed to be impossible to attack on a cliff • Wolfe’s soldiers defeated the F. and captured the fort.

16. The British Find a Secret Path:

17. The Battle of Quebec:

18. 3) The French and Indian War: D) The Treaty of Paris: • ___________ year? • B. win, and kick the F. (MOSTLY) out of North America • Kept Canada, the Great Lakes country, the Ohio River valley and Florida.

19. 4) Aftermath of the war: A) Proclamation of 1763: • After all the fighting with N.A.s B. tried to limit the colonial settlers from moving ____p88_ of the Appalachian Mts. • B. troops couldn’t control the colonists • Fighting between the colonists, B., and N.A.s continued.

20. 4) Aftermath of the War: B) Albany Plan of Union: • The B. spent a lot of money on the war: • __p.89______ and it was _____________ to guard the colonies. • Wanted the ___________ to pay for it. • Tension growing between the colonists and B. • ____________________ drafts a plan to unite the 13 colonies: • The colonies don’t want to give up power. • Plan fails.

21. Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” Cartoon

22. Homework: Chapter 3 Section 4: • Assignment #1: 1,2,4 • Assignment #2: 2,4,5 • Assignment #3: 1,4,5,6