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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 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The French and Indian War
The war leads to growing tensions between Great Britain and its colonies
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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
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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
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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
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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
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