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French and Indian War. Chapter 7 Lesson 3. Conflicts Over Land. Conflicts Over Land.
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French and Indian War Chapter 7 Lesson 3
Conflicts Over Land • The French and Indian war began with arguments over who really owned the land. Land claimed by early explorers Marquette and la Salle was claimed by the French. They built forts and trading posts on this land. • England also claimed the land. In the original charters, the King claimed the land from coast to coast.
Conflicts Over Land • Now that the land along the East Coast was filling up, English settlers began to push west. Settlers built houses on Indian hunting grounds. • Native Americans were alarmed and willing to fight to protect their lands.
King Phillip’s War • King Phillip was an Indian Chief also known as Metacom or Metacomet. The English gave him the name King Phillip as a joke. • Metacomet wanted the local Indian tribes to unite to fight the British and he was successful for a while, but not all native peoples sided with Metacomet-some sided with the British. • After a year of bitter fighting, Metacom was killed and with him the hope that the English would leave his homeland. • This is an example of the trouble between the Indians and the British
Conflicts Over Land • Now that the Indian conflict was over, English settlers began pushing west. • Frontiersman Daniel Boone opened up the Wilderness Road that once was an Indian trail. Boone showed the trail to families so that they could travel with wagons and animals for the 300 miles over the mountains into farm rich Kentucky.
Conflict Over Land • With the English victory, more settlers moved west into an area called the backcountry. • Families built log cabins and carved small farms from the rocky soil. • The backcountry land was cheaper to buy than land closer to the coast because: • It was not cleared • It was not as well protected • The soil was full of rocks and the land was covered with trees that needed to be cleared.
Backcountry(If I Had a Hammer) If I was in the back-country… I’d have to build a cabin I’d have to build a cabin On rugged land There’d be ro-ckysoi-l There’d be Appalachian Moun-tains We’d chop down trees and build the cabin of our dre-ams Allllll in the backcoun-try
Oh, No They Didn’t • Settlers crossed the Appalachian Mountains and moved farther west into territory that the French claimed as New France. • The French began building forts in this region as protection against the English. • The British wrote a letter to the French and demanded that they leave the Ohio River Valley. • It was George Washington, a soldier in the British Army who delivered that letter!
George Washington, British Officer • Of course, the French refused to leave. • George Washington returned to the Ohio River Valley with 150 men that he commanded. • His job was to build a fort for the English in a strategic spot. • When Washington arrived, he saw that the French beat him to it. The French were building Fort Duquesne.
Map It Out • Open your textbook to pages 248-249. • Look closely at the map on the bottom of page 248. • Find Fort Duquesne on the map. Why was this spot considered to be strategic? • Looking at the map, can you tell if Washington captured the French fort? • What did Washington do after the battle?
Your Turn to Find Out • Read pages 249-250 to find out what happened during the French and Indian war. • As you read, make a list of the important events. • Be sure to pay attention to the maps on the bottom of page 250. Can you tell the difference between the two maps?
The Aftermath • The British were able to win this war because of the additional soldiers, weapons, ammunition, and boats that were sent from England. • This cost England a lot of money. The war is going to cause the English government to go into deep debt. • The Native Americans who had lived on this land for generations are now ruled by a foreign government.
One Way to Study • Take a look at the chapter review on pages 252 and 253 in your textbook for chapter 7. • The questions will help you understand which information may be on the test. • Remember, we have a different vocabulary list than the one in the book.
