1. The French and Indian War
(Seven Years War)

2. Cause of French & Indian War
Study the map and describe one cause of the French and Indian War?

3. Causes of French & Indian War
Population and Economic Push
From the Diagram, list two causes of the French and Indian War?

4. The French and Indian Wars are Combination of Wars
The Seven Years War
King William's War
Queen Anne’s War
King George’s War
The French and Indian War
Remember, rivalries in Europe always spill over into the Colonies.

5. General Braddock to the Rescue
Mission: To rid the Ohio Valley of the French Invaders.
Strength: 1400 British Regulars; smaller number of Colonial Militia

7. Braddock “halted to level every mole hill and to erect bridges over every brook by which means we were four days getting twelve miles” (Washington)
Braddock’s Dilemma: Tried to fight a European style war in the wilderness of Pennsylvania.

10. Braddock’s force is routed and retreats in disarray
Braddock’s force is routed and retreats in disarray. During the battle on July 9th Braddock is mortally wounded. Braddock dies and is buried in the middle of the road he built and the remainder of his army marches over him to hide the grave from the French and their allies.

11. Braddock's Misson Failed to secure Ft. Duquesne.
Suffered over 1000 Casualties, including himself.
Washington to the rescue again.

12. Britain Declares War on France
Alliance with Prussia.
Prussia v France and its Allies in Europe.
Britain fought France in the Caribbean, India, and North America.
British suffer many losses in the early years of the war: Settlements are attacked; lose forts on Lake Ontario and Lake George.

13. New Direction and More Troops Needed
Braddock Bungles
French Forge
Ahead in Upstate
New York
Frontier Settlements
Abandoned
New Direction and More Troops Needed

14. Question: What does it take to fight a war?
Beans & Bullets
Men & Equipment

15. Rising Star Selected to Secretary of State
Treasure to be used to secure the Colonies
Wanted:
New Officers for a new type of war.

16. William Pitt
The right man, at the right time, and in the right place can make all the difference.
Secretary of State
Prime Minister
Military Logistician
Excellent Judge of Military Commanders
Global Thinker

17. Colonials Force the French From Frontenac
Amherst and Wolfe
Stem the French Tide
Louisbourg Again ours
Colonials Force the French From Frontenac
1758

18. Braddock Avenged:
Duquesne
Now Ft. Pitt
1758

19. Wolfe Conquers Quebec
French Blind-Sided
Through the
Plains of Abraham
1759

22. General Wolf
Mortally Wounded

23. Montcalm -- Morte

24. Montreal in the Pocket of Amherst
French Sue for Peace

25. Britannia Rules The Waves
1763
Victory in Our Time
Britannia Rules The Waves

26. Peace Treaty of Paris England Receives Canada
French Lands East of the Mississippi
Florida From Spain
Spain Receives Lands West of Mississippi and New Orleans
France allowed to keep Sugar Producing Islands in the Caribbean.

27. Peace Treaties Lead to War
Question: Who is especially unhappy about the French loss?
The Native Americans.
British Trappers and Settlers refuse to pay Native Americans for the use of the land.
Chief Pontiac puts together a Native American Alliance and strikes back at the British.
Pontiac fails to capture key terrain.
Pontiac’s War ends in 1765.

28. Cause of the American Revolution
Pitt decides to fund the war through the British Treasury and through loans. This relieves the American colonists from fronting the bill for the war. However, after the war is over, Britain must settle its debts and pay for a standing army in America. In order to do this they decide to have the colonists bear some of the burden for their own defense.

29. Cause of the American Revolution
The Proclamation of 1763
Proclaimed that land west of the Appalachian Mountains temporarily off limits to settlements.
British Halt Westward Expansion to minimize costs in maintaining a military force to secure the Frontier.
Colonists upset. Especially those who had bought shares in companies or bought land in the newly captured territories.
However, this does create a fragile peace between the British and the Native Americans.