1. 3.4 Notes (French and Indian War)

2. French Empire Expands
After establishing Quebec, the French colonist claimed the entire Mississippi river valley for France, renaming it Louisiana
However, by 1754, there were only 70,000 French colonist compared to over 1 million British colonist

3. Mississippi River Valley

4. Britain and France
French and Indian War (The French and Native Americans vs. Great Britain and the British Colonist)—the fourth war between Great Britain and France over control of North America
France and Britain fight three inconclusive wars in 1600s and 1700s
French colony based on fur trade, allies with Native Americans

5. War Erupts
French build Fort Duquesne in land claimed by Virginia (Ohio Valley)
French crush Virginia militia under George Washington in 1754
1755–1756, French and allies continue to defeat British militia

6. Britain Defeats an Old Enemy
William Pitt, British politician, leads Britain to victory
Iroquois natives begin to help the British
British troops capture Quebec in a surprise attack in 1759
Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War (1763); France gives up almost all its land
Great Britain claimed all of the land east of the Mississippi River, including Florida which GB would acquire from Spain

7. Changes for Native Americans
Ottawa leader, Pontiac, fears loss of land; captures British forts
British use smallpox as a weapon; Native Americans greatly weakened (Small Pox Blankets)
Proclamation of 1763—colonists can’t settle west of Appalachians

8. Great Britain and the Colonies grow apart
British began to crack down on colonial smuggling
Sugar Act- a revenue-raising Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain
The British Parliament believed that it was the duty of the colonist to pay back most of the war debt