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The French and Indian War. The war leads to growing tensions between Great Britain and its colonies. France and Britain: Rivals for an Empire. France’s North American Empire France claims St. Lawrence River region, Mississippi Valley - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The French and Indian War
The war leads to growing tensions between Great Britain and its colonies
France’s North American Empire France claims St. Lawrence River region, �
Mississippi Valley 1754, French colony of � New France has
small population◦ Fur traders, Catholic priest missionaries
French have good relations, military �alliances with natives
France and Britain: Rivals for an Empire
France and Britain fight two inconclusive wars in early 1700s
French build Fort Duquesne in Ohio Valley
Land already promised to Virginia planters by governor
In 1754, � George Washington is sent to evict French◦ Fort Necessity, French
counterattacked
�French and Indian War begins—4th war between Britain and France
The War Begins
General Edward Braddock’s army ambushed near Fort Duquesne◦ Cowardice of British versus colonial militia◦ Washington: “the Virginia troops showed a good
deal of bravery, and were near all killed…[but the British soldiers] broke and ran as sheep pursued by dogs and it was impossible to rally them.”
1755–1756, British lose repeated battles to French and native allies◦ Why?
Early French Victories
William Pitt helps British win battles◦ Borrows money to create
well equipped army Iroquois joins the British In 1759, British capture �
of Quebec at Plains of Abraham leads to victory in war
Treaty of Paris ends war (1763)◦ Britain gains new land◦ Allows Spain to keep land
west of Mississippi
Victory Brings New Problems for American Indians
Ottawa leader Pontiac fears loss of land; captures British forts
British use smallpox as �weapon; Native Americans greatly weakened
� Proclamation of 1763—colonists cannot settle west of Appalachians
Pitt and the Iroquois Turn the Tide