2. North America in 1750

3. Background
The French were exploring the interior of America while the English colonists were settling the eastern coast
The English competed with the French for beaver furs
Fur trade created economic and military alliances between the Europeans and their Native American trading partners.

4. Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
The English started moving into the Ohio River Valley in the 1750s
They wanted to settle colonists there
This concerned the French and their Native American allies
In 1753, the governor of Virginia sent a small group of soldiers to tell the French to leave

5. Who was involved? French and their Native American allies
Spanish helped the French
England (British) and their colonists in America
The English had a 21-year-old leader named George Washington

6. When did the French and Indian War take place?
The French and Indian war began in 1754.
This war became a part of the “Seven Years’ War” that was going on between France and England ( )
The Seven Years’ War was not only fought in North America but in the Caribbean and throughout Europe

7. Why did this war take place?
France and England were in a long struggle over land in America and control of fur trading.
They both wanted to expand their European empires
The English were moving into the French territory and wanting to establish colonies in the Ohio River Valley

8. Where did the war take place?

9. What took place during the war?
Albany Plan of Union
First formal proposal to unite the colonies as one
Benjamin Franklin suggested that the colonies ban together to fight against the French and Indians
Braddock’s Defeat
The British realized that the colonists supply enough troops or money for the war
The British sent General Braddock from England to lead the fight
Helped George Washington
The French and Indians planned a surprise attack and Braddock was defeated and killed

10. The British Take Quebec
After three years of steady losses, the British were fed up
The British sent their best generals and troops to America to fight
They attacked New France’s capital of Quebec
Attack took two month, but the British finally won
The Battle of Quebec became a major turning point for the British

11. Results of the War
In other parts of the world, Britain and France continued to fight
When the fighting finally came to an end in 1763, both France and England signed the Treaty of Paris, 1763
This treaty ended French power in North America
Britain claimed all of North America east of the Mississippi River
France gave Spain New Orleans and Louisiana for their help in the war

12. North America in 1763

13. How did the map of America change?
The British owned all land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River (excluding Florida)
Spain owned land from the Mississippi River west

14. How did things change in America?
Pontiac’s Rebellion
After the French forces left America, the British took over their forts
They refused to help the Native Americas
The colonists began moving over the Appalachian Mountains to create colonies
In response, the Native Americas attacked settlers and destroyed almost every British fort west of the Appalachians

15. Response to Pontiac’s Rebellion
After the British ended the Native attacks, they needed a plan
They realized that protecting the land west of the Appalachian Mountains would be very costly and was unnecessary

16. Proclamation Line of 1763 The British issued the Proclamation of 1763
This issue forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
This issue angered the colonists because they felt they earned the right (by fighting with the British against the French) to settle in the newly gained British territory
The British became angry at the colonists because they refused to pay to protect themselves from Indian attacks
The fighting between the colonists and the British will start the long fight for the colonists’ independence

17. Proclamation Line of 1763