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1 The French & Indian War Chapter 6

2 EMPIRES c. 1750 England: The Thirteen Original Colonies
Spain: Mexico/South America/Southwestern United States France: Canada/The Whole Midwest

3 French America Focus on trade (especially beaver pelts)
Mostly friendlier to the Indians More heterogeneous population; less densely populated

4 War 1754: Lt. Colonel George Washington of the Virginia militia marches on the Ohio Valley Gets wrecked at Fort Necessity

5 Sides French soldiers and colonists Most Indian tribes Spain
British French soldiers and colonists Most Indian tribes Spain English soldiers American colonists The Iroquois Confederacy

6 In the colonies Colonial militia looked down on by the British troops
Colonists mostly united to fight the French Colonists contribute nothing to fund the war

7 Aftermath French lose their entire empire in North America
English control all the way to the Mississippi River Chief Pontiac leads an uprising in the Ohio River Valley to keep white settlers out English issue Proclamation of 1763 Americans have anger


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