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The French and Indian War
(A.K.A. 7-Years’ War)
Tension between England and France
• 1. The tensions are mostly about the land west of the English settlement in North America.
• A. The French claim the land but have almost no settlers there—just a few forts.
• B. The English colonists want the land because they are getting too crowded.
The Ohio Valley
• A group of investors from Virginia (including the Washington Brothers) form the Ohio Company to get land west of Virginia.
• Young George Washington leads a group of soldiers and Native Americans to expel the French from the area.
Fort Necessity
• Washington builds Fort Necessity.
• The French capture the fort, but Washington is let go to return to VA.
• The war has begun.
The War
• Iroquois—ally with Brits.
• Braddock’s Defeat (1755)
• William Pitt (1757)
The French and Indian War
• The war is fought all over the globe—North America, Europe, India, and the Caribbean.
• England eventually wins.
Results of English victory in North America
• England gets all of Canada and all land in North America east of the Mississippi River.
• Spain gets all of the territory west of the Mississippi River.
• The French are out.
Problems that arise in the aftermath
• 1. England becomes more involved in the running of the colonies.
• 2. Proclamation Line of 1763
• 3. Standing Army
• 4. How to pay for the war?
• Taxes on the colonists.