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The French & Indian War and British Colonial Control

The French & Indian War and British Colonial Control. Illinois History. High Points From Yesterday. French have better relationships with the Illini Indians Interested in conversion Live in dense communities Farm Working together Little racial or class strife.

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The French & Indian War and British Colonial Control

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  1. The French & Indian Warand British Colonial Control Illinois History

  2. High Points From Yesterday • French have better relationships with the Illini Indians • Interested in conversion • Live in dense communities • Farm • Working together • Little racial or class strife

  3. Who controls the Illinois Country?

  4. French & Indian War (1756-1763) -Part of a larger conflict between Britain and France -Muscling for territory and colonial domination of North America sparks conflict

  5. Treaty of Paris [1763] • French cedes territory east of Mississippi River to Great Britain (including Canada) • Spain cedes Florida to Britain • Spain officially gains control of New Orleans

  6. Problems for Great Britain • Broke after costly war with France • Not much economic incentive without New Orleans • More territory, more responsibility • Colonists want to expand: • French boogeyman is gone • Felt the French & Indian War was fought so they could move west • Natives are resistant to British control • Allied with French • Thought British would push them off their hunting grounds

  7. Indian Resistance • Pontiac fights British settlement in the North • 1764 – 1765 • British attempts to enter the Illinois country are resisted • Leaders taken as POWs • Convince Indians British military will not bring settlers

  8. British in Illinois • Capt. Thomas Stirling and 100 members of the Black Watch sent to Fort de Chartres. • October 10, 1765 • Very short lived. • British begin removing troops in 1770s • Fort goes into disrepair and remaining troops destroy it.

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