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3.4 French and Indian War. Mrs. Megan Rose Mr. James Tweed United States History I Manalapan High School. Causes. Britain and France had long been engaged in a battler to build a world empire (7 Years War in Europe, First World War in history!)
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3.4 French and Indian War Mrs. Megan Rose Mr. James Tweed United States History I Manalapan High School
Causes • Britain and France had long been engaged in a battler to build a world empire (7 Years War in Europe, First World War in history!) • Competition will spill over to the New World. Acquiring colonies will become a priority for each. • French establish New France in the heart of the continent
` • British want to expand west to Ohio River Valley • British try to move French off the land • http://www1.canadiana.org/citm/_images/common/nf-1759-e.jpg
French and Native American Relations • French were not concerned about settling colonies so much as they were concerned with exploiting them for their natural resources. • French used beaver skins for hats • Needed N.A. as trading partners, developed good relations and military alliances • Hurons will become a powerful ally
War Begins • British and French contest the Ohio Country • French built Fort Duquesne • Virginia government granted 200,000 acres of land in the same region • 22 year old G. Washington sent to take Ohio back • Washington established Ft. Necessity by France’s fort
First battle took place at Fort Necessity • Britain lost most early battles, British officers did not show bravery or a willingness to put themselves out • This will frustrate many Americans like Washington who had 4 horses shot from under him and was grazed by bullets twice
Pitt and Iroquois Change the Tide In 1757, King George II decided that he wanted new leaders in America-appointed William Pitt to oversee military Gives new life to the army and British start to win Iroquois ally w/British when they see they will win British defeat French in a sneak attack at the Battle of Quebec
Effects of F & I War • Treaty of Paris -1763 • Britain claims Canada and North America east of Mississippi River (including Florida) • Spain receives New Orleans and land west of Mississippi • Indians treated harshly under British • Pontiac’s Rebellion-British officers delivered small-pox blankets
Proclamation of 1763 • Created by the British to protect the colonists • Line across Appalachians that colonists could not cross-Colonists will become extremely angered by this
British suffer financial crisis as a result of war so they will tax colonists even more • Colonists see British as militarily weak
Growing tensions b/w colonists and Britain • England did not maintain its end of the mercantalism deal • Americans realized they could win battles against the British • Resent not being able to settle past Appalachain mntns. • Troops threaten colonial freedom-take away salutary neglect • Unfair taxation! Preview to American Revolution
F & I War Summary • CAUSES: • Britain and France compete to build world empire • French establish New France in the heart of the continent • British colonists want to expand west of Ohio River Valley • British try to move French off the land
Effect • Britain defeats France • Britain claims Canada and North America east of Mississippi • Spain receives New Orleans and land west of Mississippi • Native Americans suffer under British domination • Britain bans further incursions into Native American territory