Warm Up 9/26 Take a look at the maps on your table. Complete “identify, analyze, and evaluate” on the back of the Causation Chart I handed you on your way in. We will discuss these shortly!

“The Great War for Empire” The French & Indian War (1754 to 1763) “The Great War for Empire” By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

North America in 1750

North America in 1763

Causes Politics and Power: Migration and Settlement: -Earlier conflicts between Britain and France in the colonies. (King Williams War, Queen Anne’s War, King George’s War) Migration and Settlement: -English colonists hungry for land pushed into the Ohio River Valley. -George Washington sent to survey land fired the first shots.

1754  The First Clash The Ohio Valley British French Fort Necessity Fort Duquesne * George Washington * Delaware & Shawnee Indians

Causes Continued Economics: -Competition for resources between French, English, and natives.

Effects Politics and Power: -Proclamation of 1763 issued by the British. ->no migration beyond the Appalachian Mountains. -Colonies united for the first time.

-> British “gifts” of smallpox- infected blankets from Fort Pitt. Effects Migration and Settlement: -Colonists immediately defy the Proclamation of 1763 and begin settling west of the Appalachian mountains. -> tensions mount with Britain -Pontiac’s Rebellion 1763 -> natives overrun British forts -> British “gifts” of smallpox- infected blankets from Fort Pitt.

The Aftermath: Tensions Along the Frontier 1763  Pontiac’s Rebellion Fort Detroit

Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)

“Taxation without representation” Effects Economics: War greatly enlarged England’s debt. English PM George Grenville responds with enforcement of the Navigation Acts, Sugar Act (1764), and the Stamp Act (1764). “Taxation without representation”

North America in 1763

Heading toward a revolution…