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1 On the BACK of your paper…

2 Exit Ticket

3 Bell Ringer

4 Why a War? Activity 1.What issues/problems do you (as your character) have with the other characters in your group? 2.What do you want from the other characters in your group? 3.How can you get what you want? 4.What questions do you have of the other characters? 5.Based on what you have heard from one another, make a list of what you predict were causes of the F & I War.

5 Bell Ringer

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9  British wanted more land for settlers (1.5 million compared to 70,000 French) A Also wanted control of fur trade Britain has claimed Hudson Bay territory in America – east coast to west Why the Tension?

10 BritishFrench Fort Necessity Fort Duquesne * George Washington * Delaware & Shawnee Indians The Ohio Valley 1754  The First Clash

11 Ben Franklin  representatives from New England, NY, MD, PA A Albany Congress  failed A Iroquois broke off relations with Britain & threatened to trade with the French. 1754  Albany Plan of Union

12 Gen. Edward Braddock  expelled French from OH Valley and Canada (Newfoundland & Nova Scotia) A Attacks OH Valley, Mohawk Valley, & Acadia. A Killed 10 mi. from Ft. Duquesne  by 1500 French and Indian forces. Only Braddock Success  expelled France from Louisiana. CAJUNS 1755  Braddock Decides to Eliminate FR Presence in N. America

13 Native American tribes exploited both sides! French British 1756  War Is Formally Declared! Iroquois?

14 British March in formation or bayonet charge. Br. officers wanted to take charge of colonials. Prima Donna Br. officers with servants & tea settings. Drills & tough discipline. Colonists should pay for their own defense. Indian-style tactics. Indian-style guerilla tactics. Col. militias served under own captains. No mil. deference or protocols observed. Resistance to rising taxes. Casual, non-professionals. Methods of Fighting: Military Organization: Military Discipline: Finances: Demeanor: British-American Colonial Tensions Colonials

15 A He understood colonial concerns. A He offered them a compromise: - col. loyalty & mil. cooperation-->Br. would reimburse col. assemblies for their costs. - col. loyalty & mil. cooperation-->Br. would reimburse col. assemblies for their costs. RESULTS?  Colonial morale increased by 1758. 1757  William Pitt Becomes Foreign Minister

16 * By 1761, Spain has become an ally of France 1758-1761  The Tide Turns for England

17 Battle of New France Cutting off the French at sea was the first blow. Taking the capital of New France was the second.Taking the capital of New France was the second. QuebecGen Montcalm is defeated by the British on the Plains of Abraham after sneaking up the steep cliffs, during night, that protected Quebec. When Montreal fell shortly after Quebec, that was the end of the war.When Montreal fell shortly after Quebec, that was the end of the war.

18 France --> lost her Canadian possessions, claims to lands east of the Mississippi River, and most of her empire in India. Spain --> got all French lands west of the Mississippi River, New Orleans, but lost Florida to England. England --> got all French lands in Canada, rights to Caribbean slave trade, and commercial dominance in India. 1763  Treaty of Paris

19 North America in 1763

20 1. It increased her colonial empire in the Americas. 2. It greatly enlarged England’s debt. 3. Britain’s contempt for the colonials created bitter feelings. Therefore, England felt that a major reorganization of her American Empire was necessary! Effects of the War on Britain?

21 1. It united them against a common enemy for the first time. 2. It created a socializing experience for all the colonials who participated. 3. It created bitter feelings towards the British that would only intensify. Effects of the War on the American Colonials

22 1763  Pontiac’s Rebellion Fort Detroit British “gifts” of smallpox-infected blankets from Fort Pitt. The Aftermath: Tensions Along the Frontier England thought that it was easier to keep the colonials out of the territory rather than protect them…

23 Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)

24 British  Proclamation Line of 1763. BACKLASH!BACKLASH!


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