French and Indian War French and Indian War 1754 - 17631754 - 1763

Why Was This A Cause of the American

Revolution?

The Causes:1)Britain and France are Rivals2)Britain moving west into New France

Who is Fighting?

British, 13 colonies (sort of), Iroquois (hardly)

French and most Native Americans

The British Side

British

Colonies

Iroquois

Fight European Style - In Rows

Ben Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union tries to get colonies to help England - Colonies say “NO!”

Avoid most fighting Only want goods

The French Side

French

Most Native Americans

Coureurs de Bois, military fought like Indians - Guerilla Warfare

Feared the English moving west in large numbers

Albany Plan of Union Ben Franklin of

Pennsylvania urges 13 colonies (who don’t get along), to create a union to help the British war effort

Colonies refuse – lack of cooperation

British aren’t disappointed – fear the colonies working together might create a problem

1) In Ben Franklin’s cartoon above, what does each section of the snake represent?

2) What was Franklin trying to accomplish with the printing of this piece?

3) How does this cartoon relate to the Albany Plan?

Causes of the French and Indian War

Fashion

Land Claims

Rivalry

Furs are wanted in Europe

English colonies push west into New France

England and France despise each other

Battles

Fort Duquesne French Fort in what is now Pittsburgh

Three rivers allow for travel, trade

George Washington and troops sent to capture it, but caught by Indians and run away

George Washington as a 23 year old Lieutenant in the Virginia Militia

Fort Duquesne owned by French.

Why was its location important?

Guerilla Warfare - hiding and fighting in small groups. “Hit and Run” tactics learned from Native Americans.

Who fought this way? What advantages did it bring?

Look closely - where is this location?

Fort Necessity Washington and men have 24 hours to build fort

Small, poorly built, Moronicstupididioticnumskull location

French and NAs capture Fort, send Washington and men home w/o weapons

Fort Necessity - Are you impressed?

Edward “Bulldog” Braddock

Fights European style - in rows

French learned to fight like NAs - hiding and quiet (Guerilla Warfare)

Braddock’s “Sneak Attack” heard for miles

Braddock and 500 other Brits killed, Washington has troops run away

French and NAs lose 50

Creative Writing:

Bulldog Braddock down! Guess what his last words were.

Turning Point

Brits capture Quebec (1759)

Cuts off supply route to French and NA troops

Too many British troops outlast the outnumbered French

French surrender in 1763

Effects of F and I War Treaty of Paris

(1763)

War Debt for Britain

Britain gets Canada, all lands to Mississippi except New Orleans

Britain gets Florida from Spain (Spain jumped in at the end)

Issues between colonists and NAs west of App. Mtns.

Because the colonies refused to fight or pay for war here, Britain is in debt

Britain decides to have colonies pay taxes for war debt (people in England paid taxes, colonists did not)

These taxes (Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts) lead to Revolutionary War