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The Albany PlanOf Union
Objective: To analyze the importance of the Albany Plan of Union and the causes and effects of the French and Indian War.
Do Now: Which European countries were competing for land in North America?
- Great Britain
- France
- Spain
Albany Plan of Union
• The Albany Plan of Union, proposed by Benjamin Franklin and Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson, called for colonial unity in the face of the coming war with France.
• None of the colonies approved the plan out of fear of losing power.
• The Albany Plan of Union called for a Grand Council with representatives from each colony.
• The Grand Council would:
- make laws
- raise taxes
- defend the colonies
* The Albany Plan of Union set an example that would later be followed by such gatherings as the First and Second Continental Congress.
Causes: Britain began to compete with France over the fur trade in the Ohio Valley.
French and Indian War (1754 – 1763)
French and Indian War: Alliances
• Great Britain and the Iroquois
Alliance - a formal agreement by two or more nations to act together in a cause
French and Indian War: Alliances
• France, Spain (1762),
Algonquins, and Hurons
versus
The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West, 1770
Prior to the French and Indian War After the French and Indian War
• The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, ending the war.
• Spain gave up Florida to Britain.
French and Indian War: Effects
The Treaty of Paris
• Britain gained Canada and all of the French land east of the Mississippi River.
• Spain gained all of the French land west of the Mississippi River.
