The Struggle Begins!The French and Indian War

(Also called the North American extension

of the Seven Years War)

Learning Target: I can discuss the causes

and Effects of the Seven Year War

Prior to the French and Indian War

A-France & Britain had a long history of hatred

1-1337-1453: Hundred Years War

2-1689-1697: War of the League of Augsburg

3-1702-1713: War of Spanish Succession

4-1740-1748: War of Austrian Succession

Seven Years War

French and Indian War

(1754-1763)

A-Cause: British colonists had been expanding into

areas claimed by France for more than 10 years

B-People in colonies fought with the British

1-Albany Congress of 1754 tried to keep the

colonists out of war with the Iroquois

A) No Colony agreed

B) Also called Albany Play

C-Iroquois fought on the side of the French

French and Indian War

(1754-1763)D-British hired German

Hessians

1-Hessians are

mercenaries

who fought for

money

French and Indian War

(1754-1763)E-At first, French were winning because of

Native American knowledge of the landscape

French and Indian War

(1754-1763)F-William Pitt changed the British into a winning group

1-Guarenteed colonies money for fighting

2-removed the old British leaders

French and Indian War

(1754-1763)

3-hired new leaders from the colonies, such as George Washington, who knew the landscape

A) Washington becomes a hero and builds his reputation as a brilliant military man

B)Military experience becomes important during the Revolution

French and Indian War

(1754-1763)G-Peace came to North America with the

defeat of the French in Quebec

1-1763: Treaty of Paris ends war

2-Britain received:

A) Canada

B) area between the

Appalachian Mountains

and Mississippi River

British America before 1754

British America after 1763