1. The French and Indian War

2. The French and Indian War
also known
as the Seven
years war in
Europe

3. Cause of the French and Indian War
Both Great Britain and France claimed the land to the west of the colonies.

4. Identify: Mississippi River Ohio River Allegheny River
Monongahela River
St. Lawrence River
Lake Champlain
New Orleans
Quebec
Fort Duquesne
Nova Scotia
Hudson River

5. British/American Interest
Settlers from Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania were beginning to settle on the lands near the Ohio River and the colonies were expanding west.

6. “The Ohio Country” and Western New York

7. French Interest The French had been using the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers to conduct trade with Native Americans for furs and wanted to keep control of it.

8. The French Fur Trade

9. Native American Interest
They lived there and wanted to keep their land.
Which side do you think the Native
Americans will take in the war?

10.   Alliances
1. The French
2. The Indians or Native Americans(Huron and Algonquin)

11. Alliances 1. British 2. Americans Colonists
3. Indians/Native Americans (Iroquois)

12. The first conflict of the War
In 1753, Colonial Americans began constructing a fort at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers which join to form the…
Ohio river (present
day Pittsburgh, PA).

13. The Forks of the Ohio Fort Duquesne.
French forces show up, take control of the area and finish building the fort, naming it
Fort Duquesne.

14. The first shots of the war
1754, Colonel
Washington
leads troops to take control of Fort Duquesne and win a small battle but are defeated soon after, in the battle of Great Meadows. Washington surrenders.

15. The Albany Congress
In June, 1754, representatives from 7 of the American Colonies meet with the members of the Iroqouis Confederation (six nations of Native Americans including the Mohawk).
Benjamin Franklin suggests that the American Colonies should form a Grand Council,
called the “Albany Plan of Union.”
One of the first political cartoons
in American History

16. The British Plan their attack
to take over and control Fort ____________ and Ohio river
area
The British Plan their attack
In 1755, The British devise a plan for a 3 pronged attack.
1. To take over and
control Fort
Duquesne and the
Ohio river area

17. The 2nd prong in the 3 prong attack
2. To take over Lake Champlain, Lake George and northern New York along the Hudson river

18. The 3rd Prong of Attack
3. To take over Acadia and the Atlantic coast of Canada

19. 3 Prongs of Attack

20. The British Attack Nova Scotia
In 1755, The British take control of Acadia, renaming it Nova Scotia, and force the residents of Acadia to move into the American colonies, most Acadians make their way to
New Orleans.
What are the descendents
of these people now called?
Cajuns

21. The Battle of the Monongahela
The British are defeated in their effort to take over Fort Duquesne.
The British and American
Colonists lost the Battle of
the Monongahela, the French
and Indians used the trees as
cover while the British and
Americans used linear tactics.

22. What is happening in this picture?

23. Fort William Henry
In 1755, the British can advance only as far as Lake George in New York and build a fort at the southern end of Lake George named Fort William Henry.

24. Fort William Henry
Lake
Champlain
Lake
George

25. The French take Fort William Henry
1757, The French take over Fort William Henry at the southern end of Lake George.
Although surrendering, the British and
Americans are massacred as they
are leaving
by Indians allied
with French.

26. Who is winning the war thus far?
How many of the prongs have the British been successful at so far?

27. The Tide Turns
In 1758, The French lose control of 2 key areas, Fort Louisbourg at the mouth of the St. Lawrence river
and Fort Frontenac
at the
north end
of Lake Ontario

28. The British take over Fort Duquesne
In 1758, late in the year, the British win control of Fort Duquesne in a surprise attack with the help of North Carolina soldiers .

29. Who is winning the war now?

30. The Battle for Quebec
In 1759, the British take control of the fortress city of Quebec.
Famous picture of the
Death of British General
James Wolfe at the Battle of
Quebec.

31. The last blows of the war
In 1760, the British take control of Montreal
The Battle of Montreal is
the last of the fighting
between Great Britain
France in North America,
though they will continue
to fight in other areas of
the world until 1763.

32. The Treaty of Paris, 1763
In 1763 the Treaty of Paris is signed. Although the war in America has been over for almost 3 years, the war in Europe and elsewhere continued until 1763.

33. The Treaty of Paris, 1763
As a result of the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to territories in North America, all land east of the Mississippi would be ceded to Great Britain.

34. The Proclamation of 1763
In 1763 the Proclamation of 1763 was made, the British would allow no colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains.

35. The French and Indian War in North Carolina
Major Hugh Waddell, Sergeant John Rogers and 300 troops participated in the capture of Fort Duquesne in November 1758.

36. Cherokee Attacks
The Cherokee, who were part of the Iroquois nation remained friendly to North Carolinians until After some Cherokee were killed in Virginia, the Cherokee began to attack settlements in North Carolina, including Bethabara.
North Carolina in the French and Indian War

37. Daniel Boone
Famous North Carolinian who took part in the unsuccessful Battle of the Monongahela (under General Edward Braddock), served at Fort Dobbs, and was an early trailblazer across the Appalachian mountains into Kentucky. Probably most famous for finding and using the Cumberland Gap to travel west of the Appalachian Mountains.

38. Fort Dobbs
In 1756, North Carolina built Fort Dobbs (near present day Statesville)
Major Hugh Waddell was in charge of the
Building of Fort Dobbs in 1756.
Fort Dobbs Website

39. North Carolina attacks the Cherokee
In response to the Cherokee attacks, North Carolina sent troops into the mountains to fight the Cherokee. In 1760, the Cherokee defeated a force of 1,600 Highland Scots near the present day city of Franklin in Macon county.

40. North Carolina defeats the Cherokee
In 1761, 2,000 Colonial militia and Indians defeated the Cherokee, again near Franklin in Macon county.

41. The Congress of Augusta
In 1763, The Congress of Augusta was held, it was a treaty between the Southern colonies and Native Americans. agreements included;
traders could visit Indian towns without fear of being harmed
2. both groups agreed to punish for stealing,
murder and breaking the peace
3. Creek Indians gave up 2.5 million acres in
Georgia, and it was agreed that colonists
would move no further west.

42. Georgia Settlers gain land

43. Great Britain won and got more land