Transcript 6 The French and Indian War

The French and Indian War,
1754-1763
Theme: As part of their worldwide rivalry, Great Britain and France engaged in
a great struggle for colonial control of North America, culminating in the
British victory in the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War) that drove
France from the continent.
Theme: Before the Seven Years’ War, Britain and its American colonies had
already been facing some tensions as can be seen in sporadic British efforts to
enforce trade laws and colonial reaction to the peace treaty in 1748. During the
Seven Years’ War, the relationship between British military regulars and
colonial militias added to the tensions. The French defeat in the Seven Years’
War created conditions for a growing conflict between Britain and its American
colonies. The lack of a threatening European colonial power in North America
gave the American colonists a sense of independence that clashed with new
British imperial demand s such as stationing soldiers In the colonies and the
Proclamation of 1763.
I. Clash of Empires
A.
New France was unique
1.
2.
B.
Geography-lack coastline,
urbanization, autocratic
Jesuits and “coureurs de
bois”
Clash of Empires, 1688-1748
1.
2.
3.
4.
King Will and Queen Ann’s
Wars (Treaty of Ultrecht)
“Salutary Neglect”
Jenkin’s and his ear, 1739
Louisbourg
II. Highlights “French and Indian War,”
1753-1763
A.
Motivation: Link Ohio River Valley
to Mississippi
Battle at Fort Necessity, 1754
B.
1.
2.
C.
Washington brothers
British tighten control Nova Scotiamove to LA
Albany Congress, 1754
1.
2.
D.
E.
F.
G.
Benji Franklin and Iroquois
Albany Plan for Union
Defeat of Braddock, 1756
Invasion of Canada
William Pitt
Battle of Quebec, 1759
A.
H.
James Wolfe
Treaty of Paris
“On the scene that witnessed my dishonor,
I desire to bury my shame.”-Gen Braddock
III. Effects of French and Indian
War
A.
British Dominant NA Force
A.
B.
C.
B.
Colonial Confidence
1.
C.
Myth of British Invincibility
British Upset American
1.
D.
French Acadians
Spanish Florida and
Southwest
Russian Northwest?
West Indies trade
British Debt
1. 4,000,000 lbs! ARGH!
E.
American Expansion
1.
2.
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
Practice: Rearrange in the correct
chronological order
(answers on next slide)
1. A VA militia commander attempts
an unsuccessful invasion of the
Ohio Valley.
2. The “Great Commoner” takes
command of the British
government and its war effort.
3. Toleration of French Huguenots
brings religious peace to France.
4. New France is founded, one year
after Jamestown.
5. Britain issues a proclamation to
prohibit colonial expansion and
thereby prevent another Indian
war.
6. The second “world war” between
France and Britain ends in British
victory and the acquisition of
Acadia.
7. British victory on the Plains of
Abraham seals the fate of New
France.
8. Return of Louisburg fortress at the
end of King George’s War angers
colonial New Englanders.
9. War begins badly for the British
when Braddock fails to take Fort
Duquesne.
10. A great empire builder explores
Louisiana and claims it for the
French King.
Answers:
3, 4, 10, 6, 8, 1, 2, 7, 5