The French and Indian War

​Yesterday, we took our first notes over the French and Indian War

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​Today, we are going to try and solidify what we need to know through this Lesson

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​So, let's begin

1. Why the French and Indian War took place

​2. The significance of the Albany Plan of Union

​3. The effects of the Treaty of Paris on the American Colonies

​4. How the Proclamation of 1763 effected American colonists

​5. How the events and consequences of the French and Indian War paved the way for the American Revolution

Answer the following questions. Try to answer from memory.​

• North America in the 1700s was also being colonized by:

  • ​The French

  • ​The Spanish

  • ​Each territory was ruled by their own European monarchs

​Governments here...

​Were ruled from way over here

​- Was the British King during the French and Indian War

​- He reigned for 59 years

​- He was also king when the American Revolution took place

​-Was king of France During the French and Indian War

​-Also ruled for 59 years

​-Was king when France had their Revolution in 1789

​A.K.A. The French and Indian War

• ​The area in the red was contested territory between the British and the French

• ​Once Britain and France went to war with each other, fighting spilled out over into the North American colonial territories

• ​21 year old George Washington is told to lead a group of soldiers into the Ohio River Valley to claim part of it for Virginia

• ​Fighting breaks out between French soldiers in the Ohio River Valley and Washington's forces

• ​The French and Indian War begins in the colonies

• ​"The British colonists were supported at various times by the Iroquois, Catawba, and Cherokee tribes"

• ​"French colonists were supported by Wabanaki Confederacy member tribes Abenaki and Mi'kmaq, and the Algonquin, Lenape, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Shawnee, and Wyandot tribes."

Benjamin Franklin published this image in his newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, to spread the idea that the colonies should unite against the French in the French and Indian War by passing the Albany Plan of Union.

• ​Created by Benjamin Franklin

• ​First formal proposition for the colonies to unite

• ​It did not pass because colonies did not want to give up their power, control, or governments

​The Battle of Quebec, The Treaty of Paris, and the Proclamation of 1763

• ​Was the turning point of the French and Indian War

• ​The British captured Quebec, Canada (the captiol)

• ​1753: The British controlled all of Canada

• ​Britain wins the French and Indian War

• ​Ended the French and Indian War

• ​Spain claimed lad West of the Mississippi River

• ​France was out of North America for good

  • ​This mean that Native Americans lost an important ally, too.

• ​Issued by King George III

• ​Said that the colonists could NOT settle past the Appalachian Mountains

• ​Angered colonists

  • ​They were hoping to settle the Ohio River Valley and spread across the new territory

​We are going to watch the Brainpop video over the French and Indian War and you will take the video quiz in Canvas (so be sure to pay attention)