1. The French & Indian War
Causes and Effects

2. Teacher Copy – Causes and Effects
The British (England) make new taxes that the colonists have to pay
War costs a lot of money (to pay for soldiers, supplies, weapons, etc)
English Colonists ran out of land, they want to go West
French & English both claim the Ohio River Valley
Native Americans & French are upset that the English colonists moved onto their land
Britain now owns the Ohio Valley & other land the French claimed
British soldiers move into French forts in the West
The new “British” land in the West is full of unhappy Native Amer. who just lost a war
Proclamation of 1763– illegal for colonists to move West