TheFrench&IndianWar

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PerspectiveActivity

Inyourgroup,assumethefollowingduties:-TheFrenchmanwillbethenote-taker-TheNativeAmericanwillbethesummarizer-TheEnglishmanwillbetheresponder

Together,discuss:• Whatissuesorproblemsdoesyourcharacterhavewiththeother

charactersinyourgroup?• Whatdoesyourcharacterwantfromtheothercharactersinthegroup?• Howcanyourcharactergetwhathewants?• Whatquestionsdoyouhaveoftheothercharacters?• Basedonwhatyouhaveheardfromoneanother,makealistofwhatyou

predictwerecausesoftheFrenchandIndianWar.

OtherInterestingFactsabouttheFrenchandIndianWar…

• Women,children,servantsandslaveswereintegraltotheFrench&Britishmilitaries. Theytraveledwiththesoldierstocook,dolaundry,sew,&serveinhospitals.

• ToreducethenumberofIndiandissentersinPontiac'sWar,GeneralAmherstsuggestedgermwarfare-- givingsmallpox-infectedblanketstoIndiansatthesiegeonFortPitt.

• TheIndianstooksettlerscaptiveasameanstoreplacefamilymemberslostinconflictsandscarecolonistsfromtheirland. CaptiveswerereleasedaspartoftheTreatyofEaston,butsomeactuallychosetostaywiththeirnewIndianfamilies.

• Scalping wasusedbyFrench,EnglishandNativeAmericancombatants.Newspapers,diaries,journals,andotherperiodsourcesalldocumenttheseoccurrences.

• GeneralBraddock,mortallywoundedintheBattleofMonongahela,wasburiedinthemiddleofaroadinPennsylvania. HissoldiersthenmarchedovertheroadsotheFrenchandIndianswouldnotdiscoverthewhereaboutsofhisremains.

• GeorgeWashingtonwastheonlyrepresentativetoarriveinuniformattheSecondContinentalCongress--signalingthathewasreadytofightfortherevolution.

Source:http://www.wqed.org/tv/specials/the-war-that-madeamerica/index_24.html

“JoinorDie”• 'Join,orDie' isawell-knownpoliticalcartoon,createdby

BenjaminFranklinandfirstpublishedinhisPennsylvaniaGazette onMay9,1754.

• ThecartoonappearedalongwithFranklin'seditorialaboutthe"disunitedstate"ofthecolonies,andhelpedmakehispointabouttheimportanceofcolonialunity.

• Duringthatera,therewasasuperstitionthatasnakewhichhadbeencutintopieceswouldcomebacktolifeifthepieceswereputtogetherbeforesunset.

• WhileoriginallythecartoonservedasawarningofwhatwouldhappenifthecoloniesdidnotuniteagainsttheFrenchthreat,iteventuallybecameasymboloffreedomanddemocracyduringtheAmericanRevolution.

TheAftermath• TheBritishempiregainedmorelandinNorthAmericawiththeremoval

oftheFrench.– Whatplansmightcolonistshaveforthisnew,openland?

• WithFranceremovedfromNorthAmerica,muchofthecontinent’sinteriorlayopenfortheAmericanstocolonize.– Regardlessofcolonists’desireshowever,theEnglishgovernment

decidedtopasstheProclamationof1763,attemptedtoendwestwardexpansioninorderkeepcolonistsclosertotheeastcoast.TheProclamationprohibitedsettlementwestofAppalachianMountains.

– Howmightcolonistsrespondtothis?• Economically,Britainhadtakenonalotofdebtinfightingthewar.

– HowdoyouthinktheKingplannedonpayingthisdebt?

TheAftermath• ThisdebtbecamethesourceofmajorresentmentbetweenAmerican

colonistsandtheirEnglishleadersbackinBritain.– Englishleadersfeltthattheyhadprotectedthecoloniststhroughoutthe

war,andthatthefinancialandmilitaryhelptheyhadreceivedfromthecolonistsduringthewarwasunsatisfactory.

– Englishleadersalsobelievedthatcolonistsshouldhelppaydownthewardebt,sincetheyhadbenefitedfromBritain’sprotectionthroughout

– ManyEnglishleadersfurtherbelievedthecoloniesweredisorganized,andthattheyshouldbegovernedbythoseinBritain,withthecentralauthorityinLondon.

– Whensuchleadershipplansweresetinmotion,colonialresentmentofBritaingrew.Colonistsfelttheyshouldbeabletogovernthemselves,ratherthanbetoldwhattodofromacrosstheocean.

– TheFrenchandIndianWarhadshownthecoloniesthebenefitofuniting.Theyrealizedthattheycouldjointogetheragainstcommonfoes,thenextofwhomwouldbeBritain.

TheAftermath• FortheIndiansoftheOhioValley,thethirdmajorpartyintheFrench

andIndianWar,theBritishvictorywasdisastrous.– Nativescontinuedlosingthelandthattheyhadcalledhomelong

beforethearrivalofanycolonist.– ThosetribesthathadalliedthemselveswiththeFrenchwere

hatedbytheEnglish.– TheIroquoisConfederacy,whichhadalliedthemselveswith

Britain,faredonlyslightlybetter.– ThealliancequicklyunraveledandtheConfederacybeganto

crumblefromwithin.TheIroquoiscontinuedtocontesttheEnglishforcontroloftheOhioValleyforanotherfiftyyears;buttheywereneveragaininapositiontodealwiththeirwhiterivalsontermsofmilitaryorpoliticalequality.

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