1. French Colonies and Conflict with Britain

2. France in North America
1534- Jacques Cartier explores and maps the St. Lawrence River in Canada.

3. France in North America
1608- Samuel de Champlain founded the first French settlement in Canada, Quebec.
Quebec becomes the capital of New France.
Grows very slow…Why?
Fur-trading post
Beaver (coureurs de bois)
Runners of the woods
Make friends with local Native America tribes
Algonquians and Hurons

4. France in North America
Instead of setting up forts along coast…French settle interior
Robert de LaSalle
1682 founded Louisiana
purpose:
to stop the expansion of the Spanish near the Gulf of Mexico
Spanish not thrilled… start to build forts…
Protecting their claims
Florida
Texas

6. The Clash of the Empires
Great Britain and Colonists
French and Native American Allies

8. Long-standing rivalry between France & England
War fought in Europe from
Also known as the Seven Years’ War

9. English concerned about French Forts being built by in the Ohio River Valley
Population of English colonies growing rapidly & pushing west

11. First Blood…Fort Duquesne May 28 1754
Lt. Colonel Washington sent out w/ 160 men to reinforce colonial post Fort Duquesne
Finds out French had already taken the post (bloodless)
40 miles out creates Fort Necessity
Ambushes about 30 French
1st blood of F & I war.
Tibit info:
July 4th Washington & men get butt kicked by French & sent back home with tail b/w legs 
Washington earns hero status

13. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763)
Britain and France had both wanted to be the dominant force in N. America

14. England France
Allies Iroquois Algonquins, Hurons, Ottowas
Colonial
Population 1,000,000 70,000
Colonial Towns, trade, farms Fur trading, missionary
Activities priests

15. Albany Congress
Just before the outbreak of war, leaders from the colonies met in Albany, New York in June, 1754.
Albany Plan of Union- proposed by Benjamin Franklin
Proposed that the colonies unite to form a federal government
Colonies rejected it;
shows first movements toward independence

16. Political cartoon by Ben Franklin…published in Pennsylvania Gazette…encouraged support for the Albany plan

17. Treaty of Paris 1763 French booted out of N. America
Brits get Canada, Florida & rights to Caribbean slave trade
Colonies gain all land east of the Mississippi River
Spain given Louisiana Territory
1801 secret treaty b/w Spain & France
France get Louisiana Territory back

19. Views of the F&I War Colonist Great Britain Colonist roamed free
No worries about Native Americans or Spain
Less dependent on Britain for protection
Colonists very confident
Myth of British being invincible….GONE!!!!
Britain left deeply in debt
Needed to find new ways to generate money to cover costs of operating an empire
Many in England felt that the colonies should carry the load of paying down the war debt
Will put new regulations in place
Cause severe resentment by the Colonists

20. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
King George III draws a line from north to south along Appalachian Mountains
Settlers CANNOT settle west of that line
Done to avoid further conflict with Indians
Angered many backcountry settlers who wanted access to land