Transcript French and Indian War PowerPoint

French & Indian
War
French vs. English
Conquest for the North
American Empire
French Possessions In North America
English Possessions In North America
French in
North
America
British in
North
America
Native Americans
British in
North
America
French in
North
America
The Ohio River Valley is ready to explode!
Why?
French and Indian War
Reasons For the War:
1. Fur Trade
A.
B.
2. Land
A.
B.
C.
D.
3. Indian Relations
A.
B.
C.
1. The Fur
Trade
A. Earliest & most
important industry
for French
(business) in North
America
B. 1500s-1800s Beaver
fur was used to
make hats, they
were the fashion in
Europe.
* One of the causes of
the French and
Indian War.
Beaver Fur
Beaver Trap
2. Land
* Another cause of the French and Indian War.
A. English colonists bought 500,000 acres of land in the
Ohio Valley to farm.
B. This would hurt the French colonial fur trade.
* This brought economic, religious, and political conflict
between the English and French in the Ohio River
Valley.
French in North America
• Land was originally claimed by French
explorers.
•French fur traders used the Ohio River area
for fur trading.
C. French gov’t built forts to stop English
taking the land.
British in North America
• The English colonies grew and prospered.
New colonists were looking for more land.
•Free or cheap land offered new
opportunities and economic freedom.
D. English government built forts and
started to grant land to its citizens.
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Materials:
 French and Indian War Graphic Organizer
 Pen/Pencil
 French and Indian War sheet
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Objectives
 I can analyze the French and Indian War
 I can analyze colonist anger with the British
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Opener
 Crash Course on History: French and Indian War
3. Indian Relations
A. French have better relationships
with Indians.
B.
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English wanted to take their land for
farming.
Most French colonists were fur
traders and trappers.
C. French only wanted the fur. They didn’t
want to stay on the land.
▪ They lived among the Indians and adopted
their ways.
▪ They learned to make canoes, trap animals,
make snow shoes, and etc..
▪ They learned Native American languages.
▪ They took Indian brides.
▪ Bi-racial children
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Title your map “French Indian War Map”
Shade the 3 Colonial Regions a different color
 Label them with their regional name
 Draw a Union Jack flag to the East of the colonies
 Bracket the thirteen colonies and attach it to the
flag
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Shade the Appalachian Mountains
Draw the Mississippi River on the map
Draw the Ohio River on the map
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Draw the French flag as far west as you can
Shade in the area west of the Appalachian
Mountains
 Use a different color than the 3 regions
 A color that represents France and the Natives
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Shade the Ohio River Valley
Draw arrows from the 13 colonies, over the
Appalachian Mountains, into the Ohio River
Valley
Date this part of the map Year 1754
French in
North
America
The English
attack French
Fort Duquesne.
The attack was
a disaster and
was the
beginning of
the French and
Indian War.
British in
North
America
French in
North
America
The war is
fought on two
continents
(North America
and Europe)
British in
North
America
War
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In America, they
fought over control
of the entire
Western frontier
including the Ohio
River Valley.
In Europe, France
and England began
to fight in what was
called the Seven
Years War.
French and Indian War
Advantages of Each Side
1. British/American
Advantages:
A.
B.
C.
D.
2. French Advantages:
A.
B.
C.
1.
2.
Advantages of Each Side
1. British/American
Colonies
A. Larger Population
▪ 1,485,000
B. Militias
▪ Poorly organized and
equipped.
1. They were ready at a
moment’s notice.
2. Fighting the Indians for over
a 100 years.
C. Self-supporting
▪ Produced enough food and
supplies.
D. Britain controlled the seas.
2. French Colonies
 Single Colonial Government
A. One government meant less
discussion during decision
making. (American colonists
didn’t always agree to follow
British orders)
B. Pattern of Settlement
▪ Clustered together
1. Towns were close together
C. Well-fortified positions
▪ Build high on cliffs.
French and Indian War
Disadvantages of Each
Side
1. British/American
Disadvantages:
A.
1.
B.
2. French Disadvantages:
A.
B.
C.
1.
2.
Disadvantages of Each Side
1. British/American
Colonies
A. Colonial Assemblies
1. Each colony jealously
guarded its own power.
B. Fighting an Offensive
War
▪ Attack Quebec and
Montreal to win the
war.
2. French Colonies
A. Smaller Population
▪ 75,000
B. Depended on Imports
▪ British controlled the seas.
C. Troops
1. France sent few troops over.
2. Defense fell to the fur
trading companies.
French and Indian War
Native American
Involvement
1. British/American Allies:
A.
1.
B.
2. French Allies:
A.
1.
2.
Native American Involvement
1. British/American
Colonies
A. Iroquois League
1. Mostly neutral,
but did fight
occasionally.
B. Chief of the
Mohawks
 Joseph Brant
 Became a colonel in
the British army.
2. French Colonies
A. Algonquins,
Ottawas & the
Hurons
1. Longtime trading
partners
2. Didn’t trust the land
grabbing
white settlers.
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Materials
 Lined sheet of paper
 French and Indian War Map & Graphic Organizer
▪ I have more copies if you need one
 SOAPStone Sheet
 Stamp Act Crisis Answer Sheet
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Objectives
 I can evaluate the French and Indian War
 I can describe how the F&I War led to the Taxes
and Acts
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Add the Native American Tribes to the map
Using color, indicate what side they were on
The Algonquins included the: Delaware,
Shawnee, Mingo, and Wyandot
 Called the Algonquins because of their language
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The Ottawa were located in Northern Ohio
and Michigan
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On your map draw the forts and the battles
Use a color code to indicate if it was a French
or British victory
Put years next to the battles fought
French and Indian War
Albany Plan
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
Battle of Quebec
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The Albany Plan
The Albany Plan
A. 1754 Delegates from nine of the thirteen colonies met in
Albany, New York.
B. Ben Franklin (drew it up), delegate from Pennsylvania
came to Albany with a “Plan of Union” or “Albany
Plan”, a loose union or compact between the
colonies.
C. A promise from the colonies to work together.
D. The plan failed because the colonial assemblies and
the British Parliament rejected it.
The Last of the Mohicans
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Written by James
Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the
Mohicans is part of a
series of four books
called The
Leatherstocking Tales.
Follows the life of a
colonial boy and his
Native American friend.
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Turning Point of
War
September 13,
1759
British approach
Quebec by sea
and climb cliffssurprise attack
Plains of Abraham
French caught off
guard.
Commanders
of both armies
die in battle
G. British claim
victory
H. French
surrender in
America a year
later on
September 6,
1760
F.
British General-James Wolf’s
death at Quebec
French and Indian War
War Ends
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B.
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Results of the French and
Indian War
B.
C.
1.
* France and Britain continued fighting in
Europe for three more years
A. Treaty of Paris is signed on February 10,
1763-this ends the war.
B. France surrenders all land in North
America to Britain
Results of War
A. Britain gained control over half the North
American continent, including French Canada, all
French territorial claims-everything east of the
Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida.
B. Another result of the war was - British decide to
reevaluate their relationship with the colonies.
1. Want to re-establish control.
C. The British government also faced pressing
financial problems. They owed a lot of money.
1. Britain began fighting in 1754 with a national
debt of approximately 75 million pounds, but
the war effort caused the debt to soar to 133
million pounds by 1763.
Proclamation
Line of 1763
The British declared that
American colonists would not
be allowed to set up or keep
settlements west of an
imaginary line running down
the crest of the Appalachian
Mountains. The proclamation
acknowledged that Native
Americans owned the lands
on which they were then
residing and white settlers in
the area were to be removed.
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
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On your map draw the Proclamation Line of
1763
Topic: French and Indian War
Most Important Things to Remember!
French vs. British & American Colonists--with Indians fighting on both sides.
War in North America and Europe
War is over land, farming and furs.
Ben Franklin draws a political cartoon and writes the Albany Plan to try and get
the colonies to work together.
Britain and the British colonists won the war!!
The Treaty of Paris, 1763, officially ends the war.
France loses North America and the British take over their land.
Proclamation Line of 1763 which is England’s attempt to control the colonies