The French & Indian War Chapter 6
EMPIRES c. 1750 England: The Thirteen Original Colonies Spain: Mexico/South America/Southwestern United States France: Canada/The Whole Midwest
French America Focus on trade (especially beaver pelts) Mostly friendlier to the Indians More heterogeneous population; less densely populated
Washington @ War 1754: Lt. Colonel George Washington of the Virginia militia marches on the Ohio Valley Gets wrecked at Fort Necessity
Sides French soldiers and colonists Most Indian tribes Spain British French soldiers and colonists Most Indian tribes Spain English soldiers American colonists The Iroquois Confederacy
In the colonies Colonial militia looked down on by the British troops Colonists mostly united to fight the French Colonists contribute nothing to fund the war
Aftermath French lose their entire empire in North America English control all the way to the Mississippi River Chief Pontiac leads an uprising in the Ohio River Valley to keep white settlers out English issue Proclamation of 1763 Americans have anger