Warm-up for 11.01.10Warm-up for 11.01.10Word Association:

I say, “French and Indian War.” You say…

**List as many words, names, dates, etc. as possible

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Three Countries = Three Countries = N. American Domination (1754)N. American Domination (1754)• Spain

– claimed Florida, Mexico, portions of the Southwestern US, Coast of California

• France– claimed land from Louisiana to the Great

Lakes, and parts of Canada; New Orleans (south) and Detroit (north) anchored French settlements

• Great Britain– had established the 13 colonies along the

Atlantic coast, large portions of Canada

Causes of the French Causes of the French and Indian Warand Indian War

• The French and Indian War was the result of disputes between France and Great Britain that had been going on for 65 years

• Greed - France and Great Britain wanted to capture the most land in the New World and control the treasures of that territory– TREASURE = FUR

• Fear - Both countries feared the other would gain the most power

Strengths and Alliances– UP FRONTFrance Great Britain

Strengths Strengths1. Stronger army than the

British and more experienced leadership

2. Strong ties with 15+Indian tribes

3. Solidarity little in-fighting amongst French colonists

1. Most powerful navy in the world (@ 158 ships)

Alliances AlliancesWestern Indian tribes with whom the French traded

Iroquois Confederacy (6 tribes of the NE)

Strength – # of soldiersFrance Great Britain

Strength Strength1. About 10,000 regulars

(1757)2. 7,900 militia3. 2,200 natives

1. 42,000 regulars and militia (peak strength, 1758)

Deaths DeathsAt least 5,700 killed, wounded or captured

At least 11,200 killed wounded or captured

COOL FACT: Historians estimate the colonial English population at 1.2 million, the French at 55,000 as of 1750.

George Washington’s Role in George Washington’s Role in the French and Indian Warthe French and Indian War

Dec. 1753• Virginia’s governor, Robert

Dinwiddie, sent Captain George Washington to Fort Le Boeuf to issue a warning to stop building forts in the Ohio River Valley region. – 1749 – Virginian businessmen

secure a grant of 500,000 acres in Ohio River Valley for the purpose of settlement

George, go stop those

men!

Will do sir!

George Washington’s Role in George Washington’s Role in the French and Indian Warthe French and Indian War

• The French commander of Fort Le Boeuf, Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, said, "As to the Summons you send me to retire, I do not think myself obliged to obey it.“

• He explained to Washington that France's claim to the region was superior to that of the British, since other French explorers had explored the Ohio Country nearly a century earlier.

•The French ignored Washington’s letter and promised to continue building forts and setting up trading posts in the area.

Please sir, read this letter!

You must think me an idiot!

George Washington’s Role in George Washington’s Role in the French and Indian Warthe French and Indian War

George Washington’s Role in George Washington’s Role in the French and Indian Warthe French and Indian War

Fort Necessity, 1754• Sent again with about 150 soldiers to Fort

Duquesne to enforce governor’s message• Washington’s men set up Fort Necessity (150

troops)• They attack French at a nearby camp, kill 10 of

30 men• The French retaliate on July 3, 1754 and attack

Fort Necessity• Washington is severely outnumbered and about

1/3 of Washington’s troops die. Washington has to surrender.

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