1. The French and Indian War Britain’s Victory in the French and Indian War Forced France to give up its North American Colonies

2. Key Vocabulary French and Indian War Albany Plan of Union Battle of Quebec Treaty of Paris Pontiac’s Rebellion Proclamation of 1763

3. French Dressings  French Explorers claim the Ohio River Valley, Mississippi River Valley, the Great lakes Region, and Louisiana  The French Fortified their colony by building forts along all major rivers  The French population in North America was 80,000 compared to the English population in the Millions  Jesuits and fur traders worked with Native Americans to survive in the Colonies

4. Arms Race  England and France begin to compete for furs, and alliances in the colonies  France Allied with the Huron and Algonquin tribes while the British Allied with the Iroquois tribes  When the Iroquois Tribe started taking land belonging to the Huron and Algonquin Tribes the French armed them to fight back  England Supplied Weapons to the Iroquois Tribe leading to warfare in the colonies

5. French Bread….of war …OK I KNOW THIS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE  France and England go to war in Europe and the conflict spills over into North America  Native American Allies were drawn into the war with England And France  The French and Indian War would finally Decide who controlled Interior North America

6. French River Dance…. NOW THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND  As Britain begins to settle into the Ohio River valley, France and their Allies destroy British trading Posts  France Builds Military Forts along the Ohio river  Virginia, under George Washington, tries to force France to leave  As Britain builds their fort at the base of the Ohio River, France takes it over and renames it fort Duquesne

7. Un-united and it feels so good  George Washington Builds Fort Necessity which was attacked and taken over by France  As the French and Indian War Begins, the Iroquois Nations decline to fight against France  Ben Franklin Proposes the Albany Plan of Union to Unite the Colonies but is defeated  The plan called for colonies to combine to settle and protect the Americas but Legislatures did not want to give up their power

8. French Toast  Britain sends General Edward Braddock to help George Washington defeat French Troops  When France launched a Surprise attack Braddock held his ground and continued to fight  The French Troops were able to Defeat the Larger British Army and continued to dominate the early years of the war

9. French Fried  William Pitt sent Britain's best generals to help win the war  General James Wolfe plans, and carries out, a surprise attack on Quebec  The French Troops awoke to British Troops beginning the Battle of Quebec  Both Leaders were killed in battle and France Surrendered Quebec and Montréal

10. Trick or Treaty….Part Deux  After losing the French and Indian War, France loses the Seven Years War  Under the Treaty of Paris, Britain got all the land EAST of the Mississippi and Florida  Spain received the French Territories to the WEST of the Mississippi as well as Cuba and the Philippines  France lost all power in North America

11. Driven to Thrill  As British forces took over French Forts they began to anger the Native Americans  The Native Americans Surrounded and Destroyed British Forts During Pontiac’s Rebellion  British Forces responded using brutal attacks and diseases to defeat the Native Americans  The British Issued the Proclamation of 1763 forbidding the settlement of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains  This Act would anger the colonists and cause hostility leading to the Revolutionary War

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