1. France’s Empire -French areas of colonization
-St. Lawrence River Valley
(Atlantic to Great Lakes)
-Quebec (North of NY, Maine)
- Great Lakes
-Louisiana
-Interest in trading not colonizing
FUR not farming
-better relationship with Indians
- Trading posts for Fur, or course
-English colonists want to expand
WESTWARD

2. France’s Empire -Indians resist British expansion and ally with French
-France has an Old rivalry with Britain
-multiple wars have been fought between French and English in past centuries
Small wars, drawn out
France remained Catholic while Britain became Protestant, thus they saw each other as heretics
-1754 conflict ignites again as French begin building forts near Virginia border

3. French and Indian War
AKA SEVEN YEARS’ WAR
-Virginia Gov’t sends George Washington led militia against the French
Great-Grandfather was British, father was slave-owner
-The French and Indian allies (Iroquois and others) won many early battles
Defeated Washington and others
-Albany Plan of Union
colonies debate forming central government

4. French and Indian War
-Virginia Gov’t sends George Washington led militia against the French
-The French and Indian allies won many early battles
-Albany Plan of Union
colonies debate forming central government
Suggested by Ben Franklin
20 reps from Middle and New England Colonies
Has effect on Articles of Confederation

5. French and Indian War
-Victory at Quebec finally gave the British control of the region
-turning point of the conflict
-Treaty of Paris, 1763
-France lost all lands in America
Lands to west became under Spanish control, then French got it back right before Louisiana Purchase in 1803

6. Problems after the War
-Indians in the Ohio Valley revolt against British forts
-conflicts were becoming costly for Britain
Doubled Britain’s debt
-Proclamation of 1763
stated that colonists could not cross the Appalachian Mtns
To keep the natives content
-Colonists ignored the law and continued to provoke Indians

7. Tensions Build
-British heavily in debt because of war
Doubled their debt
-standing British Army in the colonies
Expensive, also led to American Revolution
-Trading restrictions established to levy duties (taxes) on certain products
-smugglers avoid paying taxes

8. Tensions Build
-writs of assistance
Written order allowing British officials to search for smuggled goods, collect taxes, etc. Unlawful search and seizure (sound familiar?)
-Sugar Act
affected merchants and traders (led to revolution)
Reduced the tax but increased enforcement so that colonists could not trade with France
-protests began against taxation without representation
James Otis- “Taxation without representation in tyranny”