Transcript French and Indian War_Crash Course video

Bell Ringer
 Imagine you live on a large plot of land that is
not fenced in, your neighbor also has a large
plot
 Your neighbor decides to clear the land right in
between your properties and begins to plant
flowers…. How do you react?
 Now, imagine the flower garden is so
successful that he starts building a greenhouse
right on the property line, possibly on your
property…How do you react?
Bell Ringer – What conclusions could you
make based on this chart? Come up with 3
Rivals in North America
 French and British settlers compete for land
and resources
 Ohio River Valley - French build an extensive
system of forts to protect claims]
 France was determined to stop the English
from expanding west
Native Americans choose
sides
 Many tribes lived in the regions the
Europeans were settling
 Tribes compete for land and resources
ALGONQUINS
HURON
IROQUOIS
 Trading led to alliances (or partnerships)
between Native Americans and
Europeans
 When the British and
French go to war, their
Native American allies
do the same
Washington Attacks!
 British fur traders begin moving west into
Ohio River Valley
 Washington goes west to
confront the French
 He is sent back again to
build a fort but the French
beat him to it building
Fort Duquesne (DOO-CANE)
Washington Attacks!
 Washington and his men surprise the
French and attack the fort
 Washington builds a makeshift fort – Fort
Necessity
 The French counterattack, surround the
fort and capture Washington – he is later
released
Albany Plan of Union
 Delegates (or representatives) from the
colonies meet in Albany, New York to
discuss a plan to defeat the French
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Struggles for British
 The British are attacked by French and
their Native American allies
 Many British defeats
British success
 Best English generals are sent to
America
 They begin to seize French forts –Fort
Duquesne is renamed Fort Pitt – (later
becomes Pittsburg)
 Later seize other French forts - Fort
Niagara, Crown Point, Fort Ticonderoga,
etc..
British Take Quebec
 Quebec was the capital of New France
 Quebec sat on a cliff above St. Lawrence
river “Plains of Abraham”
 4,000 British troops were able to climb an
unguarded path up the cliff at night to
surprise the French
End of war…
 Quebec is surrendered to British
 Within a year, the British win the war
Treaty of Paris
End of French power in North America_
 All lands east of the Mississippi are
claimed by British
 British relationships with Native
Americans quickly deteriorate
“You and the French are
like the two edges of a pair
of shears. And we are the
cloth which is to be cut to
pieces between them”
Whose perspective is this?
How can you tell?
What does the metaphor mean?
Pontiac’s War
 Native American attack on English
settlers and forts – (near Detroit area)
 Attacked 12 forts, captured 8
Proclamation of 1763
 Forbade settlement west of Appalachian
mountains
 10,000 British troops sent to colony
Review of events – Place in
chronological order
- Albany Plan of Union
- George Washington fires on French fort
- Treaty of Paris
- Pontiac’s War
- Heavy British losses
- 1 - George Washington fires on French fort
- 2 – Albany Plan of Union
- 3 – Heavy British losses
- 4 - Treaty of Paris
- 5 – Pontiac’s War
Crash Course
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