1. The French and Indian War
8-2.1 Explain the political and economic consequences of the French and Indian War on the relationship of the SC colonists with Native Americans and England.

2. Connection between the Seven Years’ War and the French and Indian War…
Biggest of four wars among European powers
England
France
Spain
Each country was trying to be most powerful nation in the world.
French and Indian War (British vs. French and their Indian allies)
Part of Seven Years’ War fought in North America, France, Spain.
Some Indian tribes fought against British, American colonists, & other Indian tribes.

3. Ohio River Valley….
The French & Indian War resulted when French moved into Ohio River Valley
Resulted in the Proclamation of 1763
Colonists must stay out of the Ohio Valley
Colonists resented the Proclamation
Many settled in the valley anyway

4. Before the French & Indian War

5. Britain wanted to expand west of Appalachian Mountains, BUT this land was French territory

6. What did the British gain by winning the French and Indian War?
all land in North America east of Mississippi River
French Canada
Spanish Florida

7. After the French & Indian War
Land ceded to Britain as a result of the French & Indian War

8. What tainted the British Victory?
war was very expensive
Britain enforced their mercantilist policies
Sugar Act (1764): stop illegal trade w/France & to raise funds to support war effort (affected the sugar-trading New England colonies)
Smugglers were prosecuted in vice admiralty courts (no jury trials)
Colonists saw this as a violation of the right to a jury of one’s peers as stated in the Magna Charta and English Common Law
Britain believed the colonist’s were responsible to pay the war debt
Contributed to the American Revolution

9. French & Indian War Remember:
Policy of mercantilism prevented colonies from trading w/anyone but “mother country”
Salutary neglect allowed colonies to govern themselves
One of the key reasons colonists rebelled against British

10. Cherokee War
Native frustrations built as more settlers moved to the Upcountry of SC
French fur traders moved into the area; English were quick to form a treaty w/Cherokee
Cherokee thought treaty was alliance w/British
British saw treaty as an acknowledgment of their sovereignty.
30 years of peace broken during the French & Indian War
British failed to protect Cherokee from French and Creek allies

11. Cherokee War
Cherokee Warriors felt cheated by the British after the French & Indian War
Took white settler’s horses
Virginia accused Warriors of stealing; kill them
Cherokee in NC retaliated by killing white settlers
Violence spread into SC
Royal Governor tried to control Cherokee by…
Stopping all trade w/them
Taking their peace emissaries as hostage
Lasted about two years
War finally ended with a treaty
Cherokee forced to give up majority of their land
Created a boundary that divided colony from Cherokee territory

12. British aftermath(Treaty of Paris)
British won the French & Indian War
French lost all possessions in North America
Spain lost control of Florida
Changed the relationship of the colonies with Great Britain

13. 8-2.1 Reminder The Seven Years War (Europe)
Great Britain vs. France
The French & Indian War (America)
Great Britain & their American Colonists vs. France & Native Americans,
The Cherokee War (SC Backcountry)
SC Colonists vs. Cherokee