1. The Struggle for North America
The French and Indian War to the American Revolution

2. French and Indian War
Three major wars leading up to the French and Indian War
War of the League of Augsburg
War of the Spanish Succession or Queen Anne’s War in North America
War of Jenkin’s Ear

3. Causes of the French and Indian War
Tensions resulting from the previous unsuccessful wars to control North America
Desire of the British and French to control the Ohio Valley
Va. Governor John Dinwitte ordered 21 year old Lt. George Washington to build a fort on the Allegany River
Fort Duquesne

4. Causes Fort Necessity American militia and Indian allies
1755 British capture Nova Scotia
General Edwin Braddock
Colonel Washington and Benjamin Franklin favor guerrilla tactics
1755 Braddock and 900 British troops are killed in an ambush near Ft. Duquesne

5. War 1756 England and France officially declare war
1757 William Pitt sent 5000 troops to North America, began a naval blockade of Canada
1758 France’s Indian allies began to switch sides in return for English colonies accepting the Appalachians as their border
Fort Duquesne fell and renamed Ft. Pitt, basis for the modern city of Pittsburgh

6. War and Peace 1759 Quebec fell to the British
Spain entered the war on the side of the French
1760 Montreal fell to British
King George III crowned
1763 France surrendered

7. Treaty of Paris British gained Canada
France surrendered all territory east of the Mississippi
Spain gave up Florida to Britain
Louisiana given to Spain
Large British national debt
100,000 British troops garrisoned in North America
Quartering Act
New North American taxes

8. Acts of 1763-1772 Proclamation Act of 1763 1764 Sugar Act
Currency Act of 1764
1765 Stamp Act
1765 Quartering Act
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre
1772 HMS Gaspee

9. 1773-1775 Tea Act of 1773 Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
1774 First Continental Congress
Concord and Lexington
1775 Second Continental Congress
George Washington given command of the Continental Army

10. The Revolution June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill
July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence
Aug British force Colonial army out of New York and into New Jersey
Dec. 25, 1776 First American victories at Trenton and Princeton

11. 1777 Sept. 26 Philadelphia fell to British General Howe
Oct. 7, 1777 Battle of Saratoga
Valley Forge
France officially entered the war

12. 1778 North Earl of Carlisle offers home rule
Spain and the Netherlands enter the war
General Henry Clinton abandoned Philadelphia
June 28 Battle of Monmouth Courthouse
Last major battle of the war in the north

13. 1778-1781 South Dec. 18 Savannah fell to General Cornwallis
Guerrilla warfare by Generals Daniel Green and Daniel Morgan
March 29-May 12, 1780 Siege of Charleston, SC
Oct. 7 Battle of King’s Mountain
Jan. 17, 1781 Battle of Cowpens

14. End Game Sept. 28-Oct. 17, 1781 Yorktown 1783 Peace of Paris
US received all territory east of the Mississippi River
Florida returned to Spain
Louisiana returned to France