1. The French and Indian War
Chapter 4-4
The French and Indian War
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2. Washington was defeated at Fort Necessity by the French.
CAUSE
Washington was defeated at Fort Necessity by the French.

3. It led to the French and Indian War.
EFFECT
It led to the French and Indian War.
It was named so because the colonists fought two enemies… the French and, their allies, the Indians.

4. CAUSE #1
The French built a number of well-armed forts throughout the Great Lakes region and the Ohio River valley.

5. EFFECT #1
The British government grew alarmed and decided to intervene in the French and Indian War.

6. (The general was for the British side.)
CAUSE #2
News of General Edward Braddock’s defeat at Fort Duquesne reached London.
(The general was for the British side.)

7. Great Britain declared war on France, the Seven Years’ War.
EFFECT #2
Great Britain declared war on France, the Seven Years’ War.

8. CAUSE #3
William Pitt ran up an enormous debt for Great Britain by agreeing to pay for the supplies for the war.

9. I’m a colonist; why should I pay for a war against you?
EFFECT #3
Following the French and Indian War, the British government raised the colonists’ taxes.
British
Government
I’m a colonist; why should I pay for a war against you?

10. CAUSE #4
British General James Wolfe’s scout spotted a poorly guarded path up to Quebec.
Quebec

11. British troops defeated French troops on the Plains of Abraham.
EFFECT #4
British troops defeated French troops on the Plains of Abraham.

12. Quebec and Montreal were captured by British troops.
CAUSE #5
Quebec and Montreal were captured by British troops.

13. EFFECT #5
Fighting in North America between France and Great Britain came to an end.

14. The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763.
CAUSE #6
The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763.

15. Spain gave Florida to Great Britain.
EFFECT #6
France gave Canada and its lands east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain and its lands west of the Mississippi River to Spain.
Spain gave Florida to Great Britain.

16. CAUSE #7
The British settlers mistreated the Native Americans in the Ohio River valley.

17. EFFECT #7
Chief Pontiac assembled a group of Native Americans and raided a number of British forts and settlements.

18. CAUSE #8
Native Americans and British settlers repeatedly attacked each other throughout 1763.

19. EFFECT #8
The British government enacted the Proclamation of 1763, which temporarily halted westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.