The French and Indian WarThe French and Indian War(a/k/a The Seven Years’ (a/k/a The Seven Years’

War)War)1756 - 17631756 - 1763

SS8H3 The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.a. Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French and Indian War (i.e., Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.

Chief Pontiac (Chief of the Ottawa)

“These lakes, these woods,

and these mountains were

left to us by our ancestors.

They are our inheritance

and we will part with them

to no one … You ought to

know that He, the Great

Spirit and Master of Life,

has provided food for us in

these spacious lakes and

on the woody mountains”

• European rivalries always spill over into the Colonies

• Raging war lasted from 1754 - 1763

• Between France and England

• Most Native American Indians fought on the side of the French

• a/k/a as The Seven Years’ War

• War began when English became alarmed at forts being built by the French in the Ohio River Valley

Causes of French &

Indian War

Study the map and describe what

you think is (THNIK) one cause of the

French and Indian War.

Population growth

Economic pu$h

Land dispute

Causes of French & Indian War

From the diagram, list three causes of the French and Indian War.

• The first years of the war went terrible for the British and their American colonies

• The French captured several British forts

• France’s Native American allies began raiding frontier farms from New York to what is now West Virginia

• They killed settlers, burned farmhouses and crops, and chased many families back to the coast

Pitt Takes Charge

• William Pitt comes to power as Secretary of State and then as Prime Minister of Great Britain

• Tide of the war begins to turn in favor of the British

The Treaty of Paris – 1763

• France – permitted to keep some sugar producing islands in the West Indies

• England – receives Canada and most of France’s land east of the Mississippi River

• England also receives Florida from France’s ally, Spain

• Spain – receives French land West of the Mississippi River and port of New Orleans

• Native Americans – still living on lands and were not given a section of it by the European agreement