Unit #3: 1754-1800

Chapter 6 Handout: The Duel for North America

Major Objectives

1. To evaluate how the imperial war between England and France impacted a change in their imperial policies in the American colonies.

2. To analyze how the Americans reacted to the change in imperial policy, and eventually how protest led to the American Revolution.

1689 to 1763

Timelines

Imperial Wars: 1688-1763

1) King Williams2) Queen Anne’s—Cajun history3) King George’s4) French and Indian War

Imperial Wars

When—1689 to 1763

Where—Europe, Africa, India, Americas

What—War between Britain and France, and Spain over trade, colonies, and power across the world. The belief in mercantilism, that there was limited amount of wealth, led to war between countries.

Why—• Cause—mercantilism and race for colonies and power led to conflict• Effect—The wars will costs both countries money and eventually led

to revolutions in their colonies and country

French and Indian War

Timeline

French In North America

• New France=Quebec• Why New France didn’t grow?1. Cold2. French peasants owned land3. French Protestants denied entrance4. France more concerned about Caribbean island

colonies5. Beaver fur was the only valuable resource in New

France. New Orleans and St. Louis were founded to get fur to markets.

The Spark for the War

1. The war starts with the French settling forts in the Ohio Valley in order to set up trading post for the fur trade with Native Americans.

2. The French were arming the Indians, which made it difficult for American colonists seeking land to move westward.

SEE drawing in the next slide.

Drawing of the Conflict

Drawing

French and Indian War: 1754-1763

1. George Washington and Ohio Valley Conflict• French trying to maintain fur-trading rights in the

Ohio River Valley. American colonists needed this land.

• French erected forts on many key rivers in the region. Ex: Fort Duquesne

• To secure land claims by Virginians, the Gov. of Virginia sent a young with 150 men into the region.

• Washington was captured GW at Fort Necessity..• GW’s action starts the F and I War.

Albany Congress

1. Purpose• Be sure Iroquois stay loyal allies• Create colonial unity—only 7 of 13 colonies sent delegates

2. Franklin’s cartoon—

3. Albany Plan of Union was passed at the meeting, but the colonies and London officials did not.

Survey of the War1. Braddock filled at Fort Duquesne, Washington escaped gun shots2. William transforms the war• Louisbourg falls• Quebec falls

3. Consequences: • French defeat meant they, and their Indian allies, were no longer a threat in North

America. • Also, this was ended a series of wars for control of the world; thus, the British were

no longer fighting and were in debt=change in imperial policy• Americans felt they had contributed greatly to the conflict and they had gained

military experience as well. The Americans also viewed the British regulars as inefficient and weak.

• The British did not recognize the American contributions• Over the years the British and American colonists had moved apart—SEE page 109.

Aftermath of the War

1. Peace of Paris (1763) ended the French and Indian War and expelled French from North America and Spanish from Florida.

2. Spain still had western lands, Louisiana (New Orleans), and western Miss. River.

3. See British and Colonial Views in AMSCO page 71.

1763 to 1775

• Use the terms from the Class Activities handout to plot the major events that led to the Revolutionary War. Create a timeline like this…