Chapter 7, Lesson 1ACOS #5b: Identify reasons for the French and Indian War.

ACOS #5c: Describe the impact of the French and Indian War on the settlement of the colonies.

ACOS #7: Identify events leading to the American Revolution, including the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.

ACOS #8: Identify major events of the American Revolution, including the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Yorktown.

Great Britain In 1707, England, Scotland,and Wales joined togetherto form the United Kingdomof Great Britain. Colonies and colonists that had beencalled ‘English’ were nowcalled ‘British’.

The Seven Years WarThe French and Indian Warwas part of a larger war, known as the Seven Year’s War, whichwas fought in the Americas, Europe, and India.

Lesson 1: The French and Indian War

• In the 1750’s Britain and France fought over the Ohio River Valley

• Britain and France had been enemies for hundreds of years and had fought many wars.

Ohio River Valley

* The French built forts to keep the British out, they wanted to keep trading with the Indians for themselves.

*The Ohio River flowed 1,000miles from the Appalachian Mts. to the Mississippi River

*American Indians living inthis area traded furs with the French for guns and other goods.

Britain wanted in on the action!

• In 1754, the governor of Virginia sent a British officer named George Washington to lead an army into the Ohio River Valley.

• Britain declared war on France with a stronger army in the Americas.

• The French army was larger and they defeated the British.

The French and Indian War

• The war between Great Britain and France was over the Ohio River Valley area.

• Most of the American Indians took the side of the French (they were allies).

Benjamin Franklin has an idea!

• His plan was called the ‘Albany Plan’ because the meeting was held in Albany, New York.

• He wanted the colonies to join together to become a stronger force against the French

• The colonies turned down his plan, they did not want to join together under one government.

Victory for Britain• In 1757, William Pitt, the leader of Britain’s Parliament sent many ships

to North America to capture the French forts.

• In 1759, the British army defeated the French near Quebec, Canada.

• In 1760, the British defeated the French in Montreal, Canada.

• 1763, France wanted to make peace with Britain.

• The two countries signed an agreement called the ‘Treaty of Paris’ which gave Britain control of Canada and most of the land east of the Mississippi River.

North Americabefore the war

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North Americaafter the war

Britain took control of Canada

Britain took control of land east of the Mississippi River

Troubles After the War

• The Indians wanted the British to leave

• After the war, the British soldiers stayed in the Ohio River Valley area

• Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, led the Indians in a rebellion against the British known as ‘Pontiac’s Rebellion’.

• Pontiac’s warriors attacked British forts around the Great Lakes, but the British defeated the Indians.

• The Proclamation of 1763 gave Indians the rights for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were not supposed to settle here.

Land given to the Indians. Colonists were not to settle past the mountains.

Colonists are not happy!They wanted the British soldiers to leave.

They wanted to settle and farm in the Ohio River Valley area.

Vocabulary Reviewally

a person or group who has joined together to work toward a goal

congress a group of representatives who meet to discuss a subject

rebellion A fight against a government

proclamation an official public statement

Lesson Summary• Britain won control of the Ohio River Valley in the

French and Indian War.• Afterward, Pontiac’s Rebellion caused Britain to

make the Proclamation of 1763 to stop colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. This angered the colonists!

• After the French and Indian War, colonists began to disagree with Britain’s rule of the colonies.