the french & indian war a bloody conflict. the western movement british colonists move into...
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Let’s Make Friends
• Colonists worry about a war over land between Britain and France
• Ben Franklin to the rescue!• The Albany Plan
British Strengths
• More people• Britain could use the colonies to recruit men• World’s greatest navy• Large army and strong generals• William Pitt (we’ll get to him later)
French Strengths
• Familiar with the hard life of the frontier• Had good relationships with Native Americans• French soldiers were experts at “Frontier
Fighting”
The French Play Defense
• Avoid big land battles• Defend those forts at all cost• Use your allies wisely
Things Go Wrong for the British
• General Braddock is killed• Ft. Oswego, Ft. William Henry are lost• Crown Point and Ft. Ticonderoga attacks fail
The Tide Turns
• General John Forbes captures Ft. Duquesne• The French army sets the fort on fire and flees
After the War
• Treaty of Paris signed in 1763• France gave up all land east of the Mississippi
River except New Orleans• France gave Spain New Orleans and the area
of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River• Great Britain got Florida from Spain in
exchange for Cuba• France kept a few small islands
Effects of the War
• Weakened loyalty to Britain• Strained relations between Britain and the
American colonists• Colonists lose respect for British military
power