2. F ORT DE LA P RÉSENTATION And the French and Indian War

3. O BJECTIVES : To understand why Fort de la Présentation was important in the French and Indian War To explain the importance of Fort de Levis in the French and Indian War

4. F ORT DE LA P RÉSENTATION MODEL

5. H ISTORY OF THE F ORT Built by Abbe Francois Picquet in 1749 Mission to convert Native Americans to Catholic religion Military Fort to protect French fur trade along St. Lawrence and Oswegatchie Rivers

6. The French government wanted to gain the Iroquois as allies The Iroquois were angry that British settlers were taking their land in the Mohawk Valley NYS map

7. M AP SHOWING MOHAWK VALLEY

8. F ORT O SWEGO The Iroquois were also angry that British had built a fort at Oswego

9. F ORT DE LA P RÉSENTATION 1755 Over 3,000 Iroquois settled around the Fort Fort is used as a base for French attacks on the Mohawk Valley Champlain Valley Ohio Valley

10. Native Americans from the Fort helped to defeat George Washington & General Braddock in the Ohio Valley (1755) National Park Service They also destroyed Fort Bull (Rome, NY) (1756) General Braddock

11. F ORT B ULL (R OME, NY)

12. Abbe Picquet and Native Americans help General Montcalm take Fort Oswego (1756) Marquis de Montcalm

13. B EN F RANKLIN & THE F ORT Franklin urges British to destroy the Fort at Albany Conference (1756)

14. M ASSACRE AT F ORT WILLIAM H ENRY Picquet and his allies accompany French commander Marquis de Montcalm to Fort William Henry (1757) Native Americans massacred British soldiers & civilians who had surrendered Between 70-180 killed

15. F ORT DE L EVIS French evacuate Fort de la Presentation (1759) Begin building Fort Levis on Chimney Island Goal was to keep British from attacking Montreal & Quebec

16. L AST BATTLE OF THE FRENCH & I NDIAN WAR 300 French soldiers held off General Amherst’s forces of 10,000! Battle lasts 3 days French surrender on August 25, 1760

17. S OURCES Map of Mohawk Valley: http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvg w/maps/new_france_conquered_map.html http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvg w/maps/new_france_conquered_map.html NYS map: http://www.nysegov.com/map-NY.cfm http://www.nysegov.com/map-NY.cfm Fort Oswego Drawing: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsM_P/gfx_for tsM_P/oswegoFort1727.jpg

18. Fort la Presentation drawing: Michael Whittaker Ben Franklin image: http://www.nyu.edu/public.affairs/images/photos/ uploads/Ben-Franklin-2.jpg http://www.nyu.edu/public.affairs/images/photos/ uploads/Ben-Franklin-2.jpg Join or Die cartoon: http://www.state.gov/cms_images/joinordie.jpg http://www.state.gov/cms_images/joinordie.jpg Map of Fort William Henry: http://www.u-s- history.com/pages/h1175.htmlhttp://www.u-s- history.com/pages/h1175.html Fort Levis image: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsE_L/gfx_f ortsE_L/levisFort.gif http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsE_L/gfx_f ortsE_L/levisFort.gif

19. Map of Fort Levis: http://www.tedcomo.com/webphotos/nwmapftlvs.j pg http://www.tedcomo.com/webphotos/nwmapftlvs.j pg General Braddock: http://www.nps.gov/fone/braddock.htm http://www.nps.gov/fone/braddock.htm Map of Rome, NY: http://www.romenewyork.com/organization.asp?o rgid=91 http://www.romenewyork.com/organization.asp?o rgid=91 Background information: http://www.fortlapresentation.net/ http://www.fortlapresentation.net/