1. Topic: How did the French and Indian War Impact the 13 Colonies?

2. New France: Menace to British America?
1608: Quebec established
Samuel de Champlain
Negotiated w/ Huron
Direct control of the King
No mass emigration from France
French forts
Fur Trade
Couriers de bois
Role of Native Americans
France attempts to restrict growth of other imperial possessions
Britain in Ohio
Spain in Louisiana

3. The “Seven Years War” Begins (1754)
King William’s War (1690s) and Queen Anne’s War ( )
Minor skirmishes
Ohio River Valley as a battleground (1740s)
Col. Washington at Fort Necessity
War in North America
War spreads throughout Europe and their imperial possessions
First “world war”?
Britain and Prussia
vs.
Spain, France, Austria

4. How did Britain Win the War?
Albany Plan of Union
Failed attempt to unify colonies
Braddock’s plan: attack many areas  failure
Prime Minister Pitt’s winning strategy
Focus on Quebec-Montreal
1759: Battle of Quebec
French surrender by 1760

5. Results of the War 1763: Paris Peace Treaty France loses all of Canada
France gives territory to Spain (Louisiana)
France no longer a power in North America
Britain the strongest power in the world
Many British troops stationed in the colonies

6. Impact of Victory on the Colonies
Colonists had fought in frontier battles
“equal” to any redcoat
Unity of the colonists
Colonial expansion into the Ohio River Valley
1763: Pontiac’s War
Proclamation of 1763
Resentment of the colonists

7. Conclusion
How would you Evaluate the results of the French and Indian War’s impact on the 13 colonies? Explain in4-5 sentences.