Pages 3… FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

 French colonists traded and allied with Indian tribes – Algonquian and Huron.  English colonists traded and allied with Iroquios.  Many Indians trusted the French more than they did the English. ALLIES WITH NATIVE AMERICANS

 A Native American leader called Metacomet began to dislike the English colonists. People began calling him King Phillip because he compared himself to King Charles.  Tensions finally erupted into a conflict called “King Phillip’s War.” CONFLICTS WITH THE AMERICAN INDIANS

 France and England each wanted control over Europe and North America.  This conflict causes a series of wars between the two countries.  The French built three forts in the Ohio Valley to protect the trade with the Native Americans.  The British colonist felt that the French were keeping them from expanding into the West. CONFLICTS WITH FRANCE

 Benjamin Franklin helped write the Albany Plan of Union  This called for the colonies to unite.  Colonies rejected the Albany Plan, as did Parliament. A HOPE FOR UNITY

 While delegates met in Albany, the British began building a fort along the Ohio River.  A young soldier, George Washington made a name for himself during the war.  The turning point of the war came when British troops took Quebec, the capital of New France.  The Native Americans fought for both sides depending on trade and alliances.  Treaty of Paris – ended the war and gained French lands east of Mississippi FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

 Conflicts over the newly acquired land in the Ohio River valley with the Native Americans  This led to Britain refusing to let colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mountains – Proclamation of 1763  Britain had an enormous debt left over from the war.  This caused Britain to try to make money from the colonists CONSEQUENCES