1. The French and Indian War:
Britain Establishes Dominance

2. Combatants: Royal French Army, commanded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil
Native American Tribes loyal to the French
Shawnee
Algonquin
Mohawk

3. Combatants:
British Royal Army, under the command of General Edward Braddock and Governor William Shirley
Colonial British Forces
Native American Allies
Iroquois
Cherokee

4. Reasons for the war: British territorial expansion
They wanted some of the French land extending west into what is snow the Midwestern United States.
Interests in New France (present day Canada)
British sought dominance in the New World

5. Events leading to war: Celeron’s expedition Failed Treaties
Remove British influence from the Ohio River area
Kick off British traders
Subdue the Natives
Failed Treaties
Small skirmishes
Attack on Pickawillany

6. Governor Dinwiddie In quite a pickle
If the British are kicked out of the area, the Virginians would lose a ton of money
If the French are allowed to run roughshod, they will become empowered and take more land
Dinwiddie dispatches Colonel George Washington of the Virginia Militia to deliver and ultimatum to the French, which is rejected.

7. Earliest confirmed rendering of George Washington, seen here in his British Military Uniform

8. French response:
Fortify the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers (present-day downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Established Fort Duquesne on the site
Fortified the area and waited for a British attack

9. North America before the French and Indian War

10. Britain’s Actions
George Washington returns with his troops and some native American Reinforcements and surprise the French on May 28.
Most of the French are slaughtered, some in a very gruesome way by the Natives
Fall Back and established Fort Necessity, where Washington was forced to surrender to the French after another bloody skirmish

11. The War and its Outcome
British and French go back and forth winning battles
Eventually the French are overcome by an overwhelming amount of British and colonial troops.
War ends with the conquering of Quebec and the isolation of the remainder of the French Army
The French, as a result of the Treaty of Paris, gained all of France’s lands in the mainland of North America.

12. New Look North America

13. Who’s gonna pay the bill?