1. Wait…Why are we fighting?
Station #1
Wait…Why are we fighting?
PAUSE AND RECALL
We have talked a lot about the WHY, WHERE and WHEN. Take a moment to remember some key facts about why The French and Indian War is even included in the history books.
Create the following in the box on your recording sheet with the key facts filled in.
Why do they want to expand?
Which countries are involved?
What and who is in the area already?
Context
Where do they want to expand?
Who sparked the war?
What year did the conflict start?

2. Station #2 Who is on my side?
Examine each of the accompanying documents. Then answer the questions below on your recording sheet.
What are some of the strengths the British have over the French?
Which Indians sided with the British?
Which Indians sided with the French?
What problem did the British run into once the war began concerning their soldiers?

4. The American Militia
Many colonists felt that the war is not their responsibility and were forced into service. They experienced prejudice by British officers. Many deserted the British army.

5. Huron & Algonquin

6. Station #3 What is our strategy?
Examine the accompanying documents. Then create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the strategies of the two sides on your recording sheet.

7. The British
Use the British Army and Colonial militia (volunteers) troops to attack the French in Canada
Surround Canada’s greatest city, Quebec, and defeat it.
Ordered Native American allies to busy themselves “…annoying the enemy, taking prisoners and scalps, intercepting enemy convoys”

8. The French Defend Quebec!
Use their Indian allies to form war parties and attack the American colonists along the undefended frontier. This will force the American soldier to leave the British army and defend their homes. 
The French will encourage massacres of Americans by paying money for each American scalp the Indians take.

10. Guerilla Warfare (used by Indian Allies and the French)

11. Station #4 What weapons were used?
Record the name of the weapon and its use during the war on your record sheet. Then discuss and record your answer to the question below.
As a soldier in the French and Indian War, which weapon would have been the most beneficial?

12. “Bayonet” – Blade attached to the end of the musket
Used for intimidation of enemy
Responsible for less than 1% of casualties in war
Used mostly as a shovel or cooking tool in the camps

13. Designed by the French and later used by colonists in the Revolutionary War
Smaller and lighter than Big Bess
Able to fire 3 shots in one minute
Unlike a rifle, muskets were not very accurate and can only hit targets up to 60 yards away

14. Tomahawk Used by the Native Americans
Bought or traded for by British and French soldiers
Used for close up combat, breaking bones, and scalping

15. Station #5 What did the natives do?
Examine the accompanying documents. Then record your answers to the questions below on your recording sheet.
Before the Europeans placed bounties on the scalps, what did the scalps mean to the Native Americans?
Why would the Europeans encourage this behavior?
What did the Native Americans really want to accomplish by the end of the war?
Were the Natives ever attain their ultimate goal? Why or why not?

16. Scalping
“this horrible custom was practiced by these savages alone, and sprang from their own barbarism, for it seems never to have existed in any other nation, not even among nations, who, like them, have never received any idea of civilized life”
"When a war party has captured one or more prisoners that cannot be taken away, it is the usual custom to kill them by breaking their heads with the blows of a tomahawk When he has struck two or three blows, the savage quickly seizes his knife, and makes an incision around the hair from the upper part of the forehead to the back of the neck. Then he puts his foot on the shoulder of the victim, whom he has turned over face down, and pulls the hair off with both hands, from back to front”
“The skin is painted red, and the hair on the outside combed. When prepared, the scalp is fastened to the end of a long stick, and carried on his shoulder in triumph to the village or place where he wants to put it”
French and British governments encouraged scalping by paying a bounty for each scalp received.

17. Native Americans
The Ohio Valley was dominated by the Shawnee and Delaware tribes. Some families and individuals would join them after being pushed out of the east coast by the British.
The Ohio Indians sought to "use the French to defeat the British” and then “drive away the French when we please.“

18. What are the major battles?
Station #6
What are the major battles?
Examine the timeline of the major events of the war. Then answer the following questions on your recording sheet.
Throughout the war, what type of relationship do the colonies have with Britain?
What is the turning point of the war? Why is this considered the turning point?
How is the lesson Washington learned at Jumonville’s Glen learned by the French?

19. Event
Date
Description
Defeat at Fort Necessity
1754
Washington overtaken by French
Defeat at Fort Duquesne
1755
General Edward Braddock loses one third of his troops to French
New British Commander-in-Chief put in place
1756
Colonies resent his threats and force to provide troops, money, and supplies
Massacre at Fort William Henry
1757
Indian allies of the French disobey by killing and taking hundreds of British colonists captive
William Pitt takes over control
Tries to ease tensions with colonists and sending a new Commander-in-Chief
Success at Fort Duquesne and Louisbourg
1758
Overwhelm French forces at both forts
Battle of Quebec
1759
Dramatic battle results in an epic victory by the British
Battle of Montreal
1760
French forces surrender to the British in final battle in America