FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
WHO WAS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO BRITAIN’S EMPIRE?
WHO HAD A BETTER CLAIM TO THE REGION?
FUR TRADE
OHIO COMPANY WAS SELLING LAND
MARQUIS DUQUESNE
1753-Gov. Robert Dinwiddie sends George Washington
1754-Virginia Legislature gives money to build fort at confluence of Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers
English driven off and French complete fort-call it Fort Duquesne
WASHINGTON ATTACKS FRENCH SCOUTING PARTY
FORT NECESSITY-WHAT DOES THIS PHOTO SHOW YOU ABOUT THE LOCATION?
THE ONLY TIME WASHINGTON SURRENDERED IN HIS CAREER
BEN FRANKLIN
PRESIDENT-GENERAL
ELECTED ASSEMBLY
FAILED BECAUSE COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES DID NOT WANT TO GIVE UP POWER
FIRST TIME COLONIES SHOW COOPERATION
FRANCE ENGLAND
* SINGLE GOVERNMENT * LARGER POPULATION
•MORE INDIAN ALLIES * SMALLER LAND AREA
TO DEFEND
* MORE SOLDIERS * STRONG NAVY
* FIGHTING TACTICS * REASON TO FIGHT
JULY 9, 1755 GENERAL EDWARD BRADDOCK NICKNAMED BULLDOG 1900 MEN 977 MEN KILLED OR WOUNDED
o WHY DID THE BRITISH LOSE?
o 30 CANNON
o MARCHING CONTINENTAL STYLE
o FRENCH FIGHTING TACTICS
AUG. 14, 1756
THREATENED FORT NIAGARA
700 SURVIVORS
MASSACRED
AUG. 2-9, 1757
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8YogdB1Qk
WILLIAM PITT
SENT BEST GENERALS
PAID HIGH PRICES FOR COLONIAL GOODS
BRITISH—39 WARSHIPS, HALF SHIPS-OF-THE-LINE
23,000 MEN, REDCOATS AND HIGHLANDERS
COMMANDER—JEFFREY AMHERST
FRENCH—10 WARSHIPS 800 CANNON
7,600 MEN
SEIGE OF LOUISBOURG
FOG DELAYS ATTACK JUNE 8TH WOLFE LANDS
FORCES JUNE 12TH WOLFE
ENCIRCLES FORT JULY 25TH-FRENCH SHIPS
DESTROYED SECRET WEAPON JULY 26TH-LOUISBOURG
FALLS
CHIEF SUPPLY BASE ON GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER LT. COL. JOHN BRADSTREET & 3,000 MEN FORT WAS UNDERMANNED CAPTURED 76 CANNON, 10,000 BARRELS OF FOOD, FURS AND 9
WARSHIPS (KEPT 2) OPENED THE WAY TO ATTACK MONTREAL
• GEN. JOHN FORBES • 6,500 MEN• BUILT NEW ROAD-SLOW• MAJOR JAMES GRANT
WENT AHEAD TO ACCESS FRENCH STRENGTH
• NOV. 24-FRENCH LEAVE FORT AND BURN IT
• NOV. 25-BRITISH MOVE IN• FIND HIGHLANDER’S HEADS
ON STAKES• REBUILD FORT AND NAME
IT FORT PITT
• JULY 25TH, 1759• SECURED THE
OHIO VALLEY
JUNE 26, 1759 GEN. JAMES WOLFE 49 SHIPS-OF-LINE 200 SUPPORT SHIPS 16,000 TROOPS SET UP ARTILLARY
1 MILE BELOW THE FORT
BOMBARDMENT
QUEBEC SAT ON TOP OF A 200 FOOT CLIFF WITH THE RIVER BELOW
MONTCALM COULD WAIT OUT WOLFE
BOTH SIDES ROAMED THE WOODS KILLING, SCALPING, AND MUTILATING ONE ANOTHER
WOLFE BEGAN DESTROYING FARMS AND VILLAGES TO DRAW MONTCALM OUT
JULY 30TH—WOLFE ORDERS AN ATTACK BELOW QUEBEC TO DRAW MONTCALM OUT
FAILS—443 KILLED, WOUNDED OR MISSING
IN AUGUST SPOTTED SEVERAL WOMEN WASHING CLOTHS ON THE ROCKS BELOW QUEBEC
USED AN OVERGROWN PATH TO REACH THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM OUTSIDE QUEBEC
SCALING THE CLIFFS
SEPT. 13, 1759 CLIMBED ALL NIGHT
AND IN THE MORNING WAS POSITIONED ON THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM
THE BATTLE FRENCH MOVE FIRST MARCHING
IN 3 LINES WITH SHARPSHOOTERS ON THE FLANKS
AS A SOLDIER FALLS ANOTHER TAKES HIS PLACE
WOLFE IS HIT BY A MUSKETBALL SHATTERING HIS WRIST
HE IS WOUNDED A SECOND TIME WHEN A SHELL FRAGMENT RIPS THROUGH HIS STOMACH
TIDE OF BATTLE TURNS
• AT 40 YARDS THE BRITISH OPEN FIRE WITH DOUBLE BALLS
• BRITISH FIX BAYONETS AND CHARGE
• FRENCH RETREAT AND FRENCH CANADIANS AND INDIANS ARE MASSACRED
WOLFE DIES WHEN A MUSKET BALL RIPS THROUGH HIS STOMACH PUNCTURING BOTH LUNGS
MONTCALM IS HIT IN THE STOMACH BY A MUSKET BALL AND DIES AT MIDNIGHT
THE BATTLE ONLY LASTED A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR
THE FRENCH SURRENDERED ON SEPT 18, 1759
BOTH SIDES HAD ABOUT THE SAME CASUALTIES—OVER 600
ON SEPT. 8, 1760 JEFFREY AMHERST CAPTURES MONTREAL ENDING THE WAR
SIGNED ON FEB. 10, 1763 BRITAIN GAINS ALL OF CANADA BRITAIN GAINS LAND BETWEEN THE
APPALACHIAN MTS. AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER
BRITAIN GAINED FLORIDA FROM SPAIN
SPAIN GETS NEW ORLEANS AND LOUISIANA FROM FRANCE
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