French & Indian War

French vs. English

French and Indian War

Cause:

Competing Interests

Albany Plan

A.

B.

C.

Draw Albany Plan on right

War Ends A.

B.

Results of the French and Indian War

A.

B.

Proclamation Line of 1763 A.

B.

French Possessions In North America

English Possessions In North America

French in North America

British in North America

Native Americans were caught in the middle. They lost a lot of land to the Europeans who

were migrating into North America

French in North America

British in North America

The Ohio River Valley was ready to explode!

Why?

Competing Interests:French: Wanted the land to hunt for fur.

British: Wanted the land to farm

French gov’t built forts to stop English taking

the land.English government

built forts and started to grant land to its

citizens.

Cause

Beaver Fur

Beaver Trap

1500s-1800s Beaver fur was used to make hats, they

were the fashion in Europe.

French in North America

British in North America

The English attacked the

French. British lost the battle

but the war was on!

They fought in North America

AND in Europe!

They fought over control of the entire

Western frontier including the Ohio

River Valley.

War

1754-Delegates from nine of the thirteen colonies met in Albany, New York.

A. Benjamin Franklin, a delegate from Pennsylvania came to Albany, NY with the “Albany Plan”, a plan to get the colonies to work together to support England.

B. Tried to convince the Colonies to work together and fight the French. He told the Colonists that if they didn’t work together and fight the French, they would all die because the French would see them as English and kill them.

C. The Plan failed because the Colonies wouldn’t work together

The Albany Plan

The Albany PlanBEN

FRANKLIN

A. War in America ended in 1763. Treaty of Paris, 1763

B. France surrendered all land east of the Mississippi River to Britain

Results of French and Indian War

A. Britain gained control of everything east of the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida.

B. British decided to re-establish control of the Colonies-They set up a “line” that Colonists were not supposed to cross-Proclamation Line

British government was deeply in debt and wanted to get the money from the Colonies

where they’d had to fight.

Proclamation Line of 1763

The British set up the Proclamation Line of 1763

A. Told Colonists to not go west of the Appalachian Mountains (the “line”)

This kept Colonists close to the Atlantic ports and made it easier

for England to keep Colonists trading with them. It was a way to

control the Colonists.

B.PL made Colonists really angry. They realized it was a way for England to control them. They wanted to be free to find land west of the Appalachian's

Demonstrate Albany PlanYou are from Massachusetts Colony. You don’t like the French but you REALLY don’t like South Carolina. They have slaves

and you hate slavery. You don’t want to work with them.

Demonstrate Albany PlanYou are from South Carolina Colony. You don’t like the

French but you REALLY don’t like Massachusetts. They are trying to end slavery and you need slaves to run your

plantations. You don’t want to work with them.

Demonstrate Albany PlanYou are from Virginia. You don’t like the French but you

REALLY don’t like Rhode Island. They are Catholics and you hate their religion. You don’t want to work with them.

Demonstrate Albany PlanYou are from Rhode Island. You don’t like the French but you

REALLY don’t like Virginia. They are only interested in making money and they have killed Catholics like you. You

don’t want to work with them.

Demonstrate Albany PlanYou are from Georgia Colony. You don’t like the French but

you REALLY don’t like New York. They are loud and obnoxious and they think your colony is made up of a bunch of

criminals. You don’t want to work with them.

Demonstrate Albany PlanYou are from New York. You don’t like the French but you

REALLY don’t like Georgia. They are all criminals and debtors. You don’t want to work with them.

Demonstrate Albany PlanYou are Benjamin Franklin

You can see that the French are going to kill all the colonists if they win this war. You have a plan to but you need the colonists to stop fighting each other and work together.

You’ve come to this convention and you’re trying to get them to stop arguing and listen

Cut out the strips, attach them to desks. Have students take on the role of the delegates to the Albany Convention. 1 student

will be Franklin. Encourage arguing. Explain this was the way it was and why it failed.

French and Indian War

Cause:

Competing Interests

Albany Plan

A. Benjamin Franklin came to Albany, NY

with the “Albany Plan”

B. Tried to convince the Colonies to work

together and fight the French.

C. The Plan failed because the Colonies

wouldn’t work together

Draw Albany Plan on right

French: Wanted the land to hunt for fur.

British: Wanted the land to farm

War Ends A. War in America ended in 1763. Treaty of Paris, 1763

B. France surrendered all land in North America to Britain

Results of the French and Indian War

A. Britain gained control of everything east of the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida.

B. They set up a “line” that Colonists were not supposed to cross-Proclamation Line

Proclamation Line of 1763 A. Told Colonists to not go west of the Appalachian Mountains

B. PL made Colonists really angry. They realized it was a way for England to control them