This is a war between the French and the British/colonists with the Native Americans choosing sides, however many side with the French. The French and British forces were constantly battling over lands in Europe and in North America. Three times skirmishes break out between these two countries in the years of War finally breaks out between the two in English American Colonies need to come together to fight off the French and Indian forces, but how? They are so different from one another. They have contrasting political and religious ideals.(Sectionalism and Regionalism) How can these 13 colonies agree on anything?

Benjamin Franklin, a delegate from Pennsylvania proposed the Albany Plan of Union. The plan called for a Grand Council with representatives (major players) from each colony. This council would do the following: Make laws Raise taxes for the war Set up the defense for the colonies This would of allowed the colonies to work together with war budgeting and aligning their defenses to win this war. Otherwise they would all fight this war separately. Of course the colonies would not agree on aligning together so they rejected Franklin’s plan. However, it is really going to lay the ground work for the first Continental Congress that will ban together to overthrow England and the crown.

Great Britain Good  13 colonies on the east coast that were all clustered together and this made for easier defense  Population in the English colonies was 15x’s greater than that of New France  The British Navy ruled the world’s seas Bad  Had 13 colonies with different leaders that could never agree on anything. This lead to very little being done besides a lot of arguing back and forth.  The British and colonial forces did not have a lot of Indian allies because they were colonizing the land and making a lot of enemies with Native American tribes in the process. However, they were able to get the backing of the large Native American tribe known as the Iroquois. France Good  France had many more Indian allies because they were in North America just for the fur trapping and trading that they worked closely with the Native Americans on.  The French had one governing body and this allowed them to make quick decisions Bad  French territory was spread out and vast, which made it very hard for them to defend  They also lost control of their ports which was at first giving them vital supplies to fight this war  They were heavily out manned and did not have the fire power to fight the British in a traditional European war.

At first the English Colonial forces are losing battle after battle. Their General Edward Braddock and the British army was used to fighting in open field battles with two sides marching towards one another. The French and Native American forces lead guerilla ambushes and surprise attacks that devastated the British army and forced them to retreat Washington was a commander of a group of Virginians and he was appalled by the poor leadership of Braddock and the cowardice of British troops. King George who was tired of hearing of French victories in the American Colonies picked a new political leader named William Pitt that boasted “I know that I can save this country and no one else can.” Pitt barrowed a lot of money and assembled a 50,000 man army of Colonial American troops and this reinvigorated the British army and lead to a series of victories. The Treaty of Paris 1763 Ended the war between the French and the British Britain gains some of the French lands in the north (Canada) and all of the land east of the Mississippi River Because Spain entered the war on the French side in 1762 they were forced to give up Florida, however they were able to keep their land west of the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

Great Awakening Lasted through the 1740s and 50s Decline in church membership Preachers would travel to villages stirring people to rededicate themselves to God God has the control over your life Began in the 1700s Reason over religion The world is governed not by chance or miracles, but by fixed mathematical laws Discovering truth through experimentation and reason Enlightenment