The Land in Between Controlled by the French Controlled By the English Controlled By the Native People

Native American Tribes

The Main Cause Both the French and the English wanted control of TRADE and the TRADE ROUTES In this new territory

The Prize The land known as the forks of the Ohio This is where Pittsburgh stands today. Home of the Iroquois Confederacy.

The Very First World War While in Americas it is called the French and Indian War Yet… It quickly spread to become a global war. N. America:French and Indian War Europe:Seven Year War Asia:Third Carnatic War

Allies for the French Spain Russia Austria The Hurons

Allies for the British Prussia Colonists Iroquois Confederacy (*Mohawks)

War Begins “The Half-King” Tanachrisson He forged an alliance with the British and took steps to provoke a war between the British and the French.

Lieutenant Colonel George Washington He was only 22 years old and lacked any military experience. The French surrender but the Half-King kills The French diplomat Jumonville.

Fort Necessity After the skirmish with Jumonville's forces, Washington feared he would be attacked. He has only 392 officers and men. July 3, French and 100 Indians attacked Ft. Necessity. So he quickly builds Ft. Necessity.

In 1755, General Edward Braddock led a British army into the Pennsylvania wilderness to take Fort Duquesne. Gen. Braddock was mortally wounded and died four days later. Guerrilla Tactics

Capt. Robert Rogers Guerrilla Tactics were also used by the colonist successfully. Robert Rogers’ Rangers were considered to be England's primary scouting unit in the 1750s

Fort Henry's Massacre August 9th, 1757 Outnumbered and Out gunned the British surrendered to the French. The Native people go into the fort and murdered the smallpox sick.

Fort Duquesne In 1758, General John Forbes led several thousand British and provincial troops through the wilderness of Pennsylvania to take Fort Duquesne from the French. Rename it Pittsburgh

Montreal September 8, 1760 Montreal falls to the British; letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada.

Fort Detroit September 1760 The British flag is raised over Detroit, effectively ending the war.

Cherokee In 1761 The British make peace with the Cherokee Indians

Treaty of Paris February 10, 1763 All French possessions east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans, are given to the British. All French possessions west of the Mississippi are given to the Spanish.

Many Native American tribes wanted to continue the fight. Under the leadership of Chief Pontiac They were fighting against imperial aggression and the ever encroaching white population. Pontiac’s Rebellion

The Native Americans within a few months had defeated 8 out of 10 English forts in the Great Lake and upper Mississippi regions.

Pontiac’s Rebellion Pontiac's forces lay siege to Ft. Detroit. He also ordered that Indians in the area kill English settlers, but spare the French.

Bushy Run August 1763 The British victory at Bushy Run was the critical turning point in Pontiac's War It prevented the capture of Fort Pitt and restored lines of communication between the frontier and eastern settlements

Germ Warfare Smallpox While the Native Americans lay siege to Fort Pitt Lord Jeffrey Amherst gave the Native Americans blankets that were used by English smallpox victims which started an epidemic among the Indian tribes.

The Indian War Ends In 1767, Pontiac formally signed something of a peace accord with the British in Detroit, That gave a formal recognition to the Indians’ right to own land.

The agreement made by the British to the Native People. Stated that the British would stop all white settlements in the western territories won from the French. This upset many colonist who believed that they had fought the French and Indian War for nothing.

This agreement became just another complaint in a long list of grievance that eventually led to the AMERICAN REVOLUTION