1. French and Indian War
Unit 2

2. French and Indian War Objective:
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French and Indian War
Objective:
Explain how debt tends to corrupt individuals and nations.
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Motivations
1. Why did France and Britain fight in the war?
2. Why did the British colonies fight?
3. Why did Native Americans fight?
Winners and Losers
4. What did Britain gain as a result of the war?
5. What did Britain lose?
6. What did the colonies gain as a results of the war?
7. What did the colonies lose?
8. What did France lose as a result of the war?
9. What did the war cost Native Americans?
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3. French and Indian War - Motivations
Ohio Valley
Both France and Britain claimed they had a right to the Ohio River Valley
Why France and Britain went to war
Both sides wanted access to the Ohio and Mississippi River shipping lanes
Why the British colonies fought
For their best interest – trade (switch to the winning side)
Why the Native Americans fought

4. French and Indian War - Timeline
Washington entrenches at Fort Necessity
French admit defeat
Both sides claim Ohio Valley
Scouting party kills French commander
French refuse to leave
Washington surrenders
French cede land to Spain
1754
1762
1763
Dinwiddie’s letter
Washington returns to Dinwiddie
Washington sent to attack French
Treaty of Paris ratified
French enjoy early successes
Battle of Quebec
Indians change allegiance
Both sides claim right to the Ohio River Valley – Why?
Virginia governor Dinwiddie sent George Washington to the Ohio Valley with a letter telling the French to leave.
The French refuse to leave the region.
Washington return to Governor Dinwiddie with the news.
Dinwiddie sends Washington back with permission to attack the French.
Washington entrenches at a half-built Fort Necessity.
A scouting party attacks a French party and kills the commander – War Begins
The French lay siege to Fort Necessity and eventually force Washington to surrender and withdraw
The French win most of the early battle of the war
So the Indians seeking to benefit themselves ally with the French
Battle of Quebec – turning point of the war, the British win because they have superior weapons, specifically canons
Indians, not wanting to be on the side of the losers, switch their allegiance
French finally admit defeat
France cedes some of its land in North America to the Spanish so that Britain can’t settle further west
Official Treaty signed – fill in winners and losers chart
Indians ally with French

5. French and Indian War – Winners/Losers
British
Gains Canada
Gains all land east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans
Debt – want the colonists to help pay because the war had been fought to help secure colonial borders
Loses money – go into a lot of debt
British soldiers scorn the colonial troops – lost of trust

6. French and Indian War – Winners/Losers
Colonies
Experience with organized military action
Albany Plan of Union – desire for unity
Proclamation of 1763 – creates a border between the colonists and Indians
British soldiers scorn the colonial troops – lost of trust

7. French and Indian War – Winners/Losers
Lost land east of the Mississippi
Lost Canada
Land to Spain to ensure that the British can not settle further west and must stay east of the Mississippi River.
Ceded land to Spain

8. French and Indian War – Winners/Losers
Indians
Lost their best trading partner
Were subject to British efforts of westward emigration

9. French and Indian War
Outline the land ceded from France to Great Britain at the end of the French and Indian War
Outline the settled colonies at the beginning of the French and Indian War
Highlight the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
Color the Ohio Valley
Draw in Fort Necessity
Color Canada
Draw in Quebec
Draw in the Proclamation of 1763
Outline land ceded to Spain in the 1762 treaty
Drawn in New Orleans
Color South Carolina