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THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
Ch. 4 Section 4
SEVEN YEAR’S WAR: GLOBAL CONFLICT
FIGHT IN NORTH AMERICA
British
British soldiers
Colonial Militia
(colonists) Iroquois
Confederation
French French soldiers
French colonists (fur
trappers) Huron & Algonquin
Indians
THE BRITISH TAKE ACTION
1. French- building well armed forts and had strong alliances with Natives
2. The British sent General Edward Braddock to oversee the war effort and drive the French out of the Ohio Valley
BRADDOCK MARCHES TO DUQUESNE
3. Braddock takes 1,400 British soldiers, colonial militia, & George Washington to the fort
4. Advice from Washington: army’s style of marching was not good for frontier fighting
BRADDOCK MARCHES TO DUQUESNE
5. French & natives: use guerilla tactics- hiding behind trees to attack
6. Results: British easily defeatedBraddock killed1000 British soldiers killed
BRADDOCK & HIS TROOPS
BRITAIN DECLARES WAR ON FRANCE
7. The French & Indian War was known as the Seven Years’ War in Europe. (1756)
8. British lose several forts and experience attacks in NY & PA.
PITT TAKES CHARGE9. William Pitt: skilled military planner who became Prime Minister of Great Britain
10. Pitt has England pay for the cost of war, result in heavy taxes on colonists later
11. Pitt desired to not only gain land in the West, but also in French Canada
THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE12. 1759: British achieve victories in West Indies, Havana in Cuba, India, and on the seas
THE BATTLE OF QUEBEC
13. Quebec was located on a high cliff
14. Wolfe: sends troops up poorly guarded path and catch the French by surprise
Both leaders; Wolfe (British) and Montcalm (French) are killed
THE TREATY OF PARIS15. Treaty of Paris: (France) can keep a few islands in West Indies
Must give up Canada and most land east of the Miss. River
End of France as Power in New World
16. Spanish- give up Florida in exchange for Louisiana Terr. & New Orleans
PONTIAC’S WAR
17. Pontiac: Chief of Ottawa Village near Detroit
Colonists= threat to Native way of life
18. Pontiac fails to capture major forts and was defeated
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
19. King George III- Appalachian mts. Were temporary boundary for the colonies
Purpose: halt westward expansion to decrease fighting with Native Americans
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
20. Speculator: investors who risk money for a large profit
British were ignoring speculator’s land claims in Ohio Valley
