The Duel for North America

A. France Finds a Foothold in Canada 1608 – Quebec founded Samuel de Champlain  “The Father of New France”  Friendly with Hurons Limited French immigration

B. New France Fans Out Beaver furs  Coureurs de bois French Catholic missionaries Ohio River Valley competition  English v. French Detroit – halt English Louisiana – halt Spanish  Robert de La Salle

C. The Clash of Empire King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War  English v. French  Prelude to French & Indian War  English gain Canadian land War of Jenkins’s Ear  English v. Spanish/French  Invasion of Georgia  Privateering

D. Washington Inaugurates War with France 1754 – Ft. Duquesne  Washington attacks French  Washington and men captured and released  Begins French and Indian War

E. Global War and Colonial Unity 1754 – The French & Indian War The Albany Congress  7/13 colonial delegates  Ben Franklin – “join or die” cartoon  Failed, but first step toward unity

F. Braddock’s Blundering British Gen. Braddock  French use “Indian tactics” Washington’s brush with death Indian attacks increase/widen Defeats pile up

G. Pitt’s Palms of Victory William Pitt  British government leader  “Organizer of Victory” 1759 – Battle of Quebec  James Wolfe  Fall of Montreal  French defeated 1763 – Treaty of Paris  France kicked out of N. America  Canada to Mississippi – British Britain – leading naval power

H. Restless Colonists Growing confidence British invincibility  Myth shattered American/British tensions  Equality  American war smugglers Colonial barriers dissolve

I. War’s Fateful Aftermath Less dependence on Britain 1763 – Pontiac’s Rebellion  Ohio Valley  Smallpox blankets  Indian defeat Proclamation of 1763  Britain forbade settlement west of Appalachians  Britain – work out Indian problem  Colonists – form of oppression  Set stage for Revolutionary War