3. The French and Indian War
Part of a larger European Conflict known as The Seven Years War
British attempted to seize French territory in Canada and the Ohio River valley
Both sides had Native American allies
- French had more Native Allies
- Sometimes one NA group fought for both sides

4. Video and Washington Reading

5. Do Now:
Who were the belligerents involved in the French and Indian war?
What was the main reason for fighting in the colonies?

6. Tensions Between British and Colonial Troops
Colonial Militias lacked military discipline
Militia troops often refused to fight outside their home state
Colonists resented British troop's attitude of superiority
Colonists lost respect for British soldiers

7. Albany Plan of Union

8. What helped Britain to start wining the war in North America?
Do Now:
What were some things that caused tension between colonial militias and British soldiers?
What helped Britain to start wining the war in North America?

9. Aftermath French give up on the war in the colonies
Britain commits more troops and wins
Treaty of Paris signed in 1763
- Britain gains most of France's North American colonies
When the war was over the British attempted to tax the colonies as payment for the expenses involved in protecting them

11. Pontiac's War
- Balance of power changed with British victory in the seven years war
- Iroquois can no longer play both sides
- They were no longer a valuable potential ally
- The Seneca carried a red wampum belt (offer to ally in war) to several western tribes
- War named after Chief Pontiac, who attacked Fort Detroit
- Name is misleading

13. Pontiac's War - Sometime seen as a part of the French and Indian War
- Native Americans never agreed to any cease fire or treaty
- Native Americans were eventually defeated
- Despite that, the war made the British more cautious of them
- British proclamation of 1763 was largely a response to this

14. Proclamation of 1763 - Royal proclamation made by King George III
- Colonists not allowed to settle or claim land west of the Appalachian Mountains
- Meant to reduce tension with Native Americans
- Meant to help maintain law and order
- British troops deployed to enforce the proclamation

16. Proclamation of 1763 Why would all of that make the colonists mad?
- Work with your partner to create a list of reasons and then we will discuss