THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

VOCAB

• Alliance- union
• Speculator- investors
• Prospect- chances for success

THE BRITISH TAKE ACTION

• The Battle of Quebec was started in 1759
• It was fought because of the conflict between France and Britain
• The French were coming to make themselves rulers of North America.
• The French made well-armed forts in the Great Lakes Region
• They also had a network of alliances with the the Native Americans.

THE BRITISH TAKE ACTION

• The French and their allies were winning control over the land.
• They chose General Edward Braddock to help the British
• His mission was to drive the French out of Ohio Valley
• In 1755, Braddock started out with 1400 red-coat soldiers
• He also had a smaller group of blue-coat soldiers

THE BRITISH TAKE ACTION

• George Washington helped Braddock's campaign
• His style was marching but it wasn't suited for this type of battle
• They marched to Fort Duquesne and ignored Washington's advice
• Braddock died and lost nearly 1000 men
• Britain declared war in France. This was known as the Seven Year War

THE BRITISH TAKE ACTION

• The French captured a lot of British forts; the Natives killed settlers
• Britain's chance of winning became greater when William Pitt came to power
• He helped them because he was a great military planner and much more
• Pitt made the British pay for the war so taxes went up
• He wanted to capture French Canada, so he sent Amherst and Wolfe

THE BRITISH TAKE ACTION

• In 1758 Amherst and Wolfe captured the fortress at Louisberg
• That same year they got Fort Frontenac and Lake Ontario
• Another British force took Fort Dequesne in Pennsylvania
• It was renamed Fort Pitt

THE FALL OF FRANCE

• The British had many victories in 1759
• James Wolfe's troops found an unguarded path to Quebec
• The British troops surprised and defeated the French army
• General Amherst captured Montreal the following year
• The fall of Montreal and Quebec was the end of war in North America

THE FALL OF FRANCE

• In 1763, the Treaty of Paris forced France to give Canada most of the land east of the Mississippi
• Spain gave Great Britain Florida. Spain also seized French land west of the Mississippi
• The treaty marked the end of French rule.
• The continent was divided between Spain and Great Britain.
• The British had so many victories in 1759.

TROUBLE ON THE FRONTIER

• The French lost their allies,the Native Americans.
• This lead to the British moving into the native Americans land
• There was a war in Ottawa
• They defeated the British troops
• They tried to make peace but conflict broke out again

BY KATELYNN, ALICE, AND SAM