 War between French and Great Britain broke out in the colonies then moved to Europe  The French joined with the Native Americans to attack the British  Spain and its colonies were also involved

 Iroquois League – Alliance of Native American tribes, which allied itself with the British  Formed in upstate New York  Made up of 6 nations  Had a constitution and a council of leaders  Unity allowed the nations to resist European takeover

 France built Fort Duquesne  A Virginia company wanted to bring settlers there  George Washington (British side) tries to take the land back from France unsuccessfully

 Representatives from New England, New York, Maryland, and Pennsylvania meet in Albany, NY  Main goal is to win support of the Iroquois League to help them defeat the French  Ben Franklin proposes the Albany Plan of Union to unite the colonies militarily  Plan of Union was never approved

 The first part of the war goes badly for the British who suffer many losses  The French commander won victory after victory  The British switch commanders and start to see more victories  By 1761, Spain has become an ally of France

 France – lost her Canadian possessions, most of her empire in India, and claims to lands east of the Mississippi River  Spain – got all French lands west of the Mississippi River, New Orleans, but lost Florida to England  England – got all French lands in Canada, exclusive rights to Caribbean slave trade, and commercial dominance in India

 It increased her colonial empire in the Americas  It greatly enlarged England’s debt  Britain’s contempt for the colonials created bitter feelings  Therefore – England felt that a major reorganization of her American Empire was necessary!

 It united them against a common enemy for the first time  It created a socializing experience for all the colonials who participated  It created bitter feelings towards the British that would only intensify

 British now controlled the Great Lakes region but Natives resisted the takeover  British were not as friendly to the Natives as the French who were there before  Pontiac, a Native American leader, united Native Americans to try and take over the British forts, but eventually failed

 American traders wanted to settle in the land that was gained from the French  To avoid more conflicts with Natives, the British drew the Proclamation Line of 1763  A line drawn across the Appalachian Mountains, reserving the land west of it for Natives  Appealed to the British because they were controlling movement westward and it slowed the movement out of cities