1. French and Indian War
USI History | Ms. Burke

2. “A Personal Voice”
“About sunrise, the chief officer of the fort came to our regiment and ordered all our men up to the falls to meet the wagons and teams. Our men seemed to be loath to go before they eat. Those that refused to turn out, he drove out, and some he struck with his staff, which caused a great uproar among us. Our people in general declare in case we are so used tomorrow, blows shall end the dispute.”

3. “A Personal Voice” What does this mean?
The British and the colonists differed in their views about authority and individual freedom.

4. Rivals for An Empire
France was Great Britain’s biggest rival in terms of an empire during the 1750s
Biggest area they fought over – the Ohio River Valley
Colonies sided with the British  they still thought of themselves as British
AND they wanted to expand the colonies to the West!

5. France’s North American Empire
France had begun its North American empire in 1534 under the direction of ….
(Jacques Cartier)
Controlled the Mississippi Valley and named it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV
By 1754  the European population of New France was only 70,000
British colonies had over 1,000,000

6. France’s North American Empire
Typical French Colonists:
Fur traders
Catholic priests
NO desire to build towns or raise families
MUCH friendlier to Native Americans when compared to British colonists
Needed Native Americans to help their trade networks!

8. Britain Defeats an Old Enemy
The outer borders of the French and British Empire continually clashed
They had already fought two wars in the last 50 years
The French built Fort Duquesne in the Ohio River Valley … but Virginian planters had already been given the land

9. Fort Necessity
The Virginia governor sent a group of militia men to evict the French
Lead by a 22 year old George Washington
Established an outpost – Fort Necessity
Washington attacked a French group of soldiers and they counterattacked, forcing Washington to surrender and abandon Fort Necessity
This is the beginning of the War!

10. Early French Victories
1 year after he was defeated in Fort Necessity, Washington became an aide to British general Edward Braddock
Braddock and Washington first launched an attack on Fort Duquesne (again)
The British were used to orderly enemies who fought like them – so the Native American and French counterattack confused them and they fled (ran away)

11. Early French Victories
Washington was very courageous
Why do you think this is important?
The defeats of the “invincible” British army surprised him and the other colonists

12. Pitt and the Iroquois Turn the Tide
King George II was upset about the French victories in the New World
He picked new leaders to run his government in 1757
William Pitt:
Politician
Inspired the British army to finally start winning
Convinced the Iroquois to support the British

13. Pitt and the Iroquois Turn the Tide
1759 – British General James Wolfe attacked Quebec in the middle of the night and won

14. Treaty of Paris (1763) Ended the French & Indian War
Great Britain claimed all of North America eat of the Mississippi River
Great Britain claimed Spanish Florida
Spain gained the French lands west of the Mississippi River
Spain controls New Orleans

16. Victory Brings New Problems
Native Americans were afraid the expanding British colonies would scare away game (animals)
1763 – Ottawa leader Pontiac realized the French loss was a Native American loss
Led a rebellion and captured 8 British forts
British troops gave Native Americans smallpox blankets and weakened their forces
Ended the war by 1765

17. Treaty of Paris (1763)
France kept a few small islands near Newfoundland (Canada) and in the West Indies
Were these more valuable? Why?
Native Americans were the true losers of the war – WHY?

18. Proclamation of 1763
To avoid more conflict with the Native Americans, the British created the Proclamation of 1763
Banned all settlement west of the Appalachians
The EXACT land the colonists had just fought for!
Impossible to enforce and colonists ignored it

19. The Colonies and Britain Grow Apart
The colonists started thinking the British did not care about their needs
The Proclamation Line was a HUGE issue
The British government was bankrupt as a result of the war and needed to repay debts – so they began to tax colonists

20. British Policies Anger Colonists
The most tension was between the British and Massachusetts Bay Colony
British government cracked down on smuggling, one of the biggest ways the colonists earned money
1761 – royal governor allowed British customs officials to search any ship or building
Also allowed British officials to search colonists homes!

21. Problems Resulting From the War
10,000 British troops were stationed in the colonies to control Native Americans and former French subjects
Colonists saw the troops as an invading force that might turn against them at any moment

22. Problems Resulting From the War
George Grenville
King George III appointed Grenville to serve as Prime Minister in 1763
He raised taxes and enacted new policies that angered the colonists

23. Sugar Act (1764)
Grenville forced Parliament to create the Sugar Act in 1764
Did 3 things:
Halved the duty (tax) on foreign made molasses
Hoped colonists would pay a lower tax rather than smuggle
Placed duties (taxes) on certain imports
Strengthened the enforcement of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admiralty court INSTEAD of a colonial court