The French &

Indian War
Main Idea
 Britain and France
fought for control
of territory in North
America in the
French and Indian
War.

 Although Britain
won new territory,
she angered her
colonists in the
process.
France and Britain Clash
 France and Britain
wanted to control the
Ohio River Valley.

 The war officially

began when French
soldiers took over a
British fort, and
named it Fort
Duquesne.

 Most Native
Americans in this
region sided with the
French.
The Iroquois
Confederacy
 Five nations acting
as one – Mohawk,
Seneca, Cayuga,
Onondaga and
Oneida

 The Iroquois joined

the English in the
conflict, shifting
the balance of
power.
Albany Plan of Union
 Ben Franklin believed
the colonies needed to
work together to
defend themselves
from the French and
Indians.

 His “plan of union”

would have created
one government for
the colonies, but it
was turned down.
The French & Indian War
 Fighting raged on from
1754 to about 1760.

 The British capture of

Quebec ended the
fighting.

 In the Peace of Paris

Treaty in 1763, France
lost their land in North
America. British
control now expanded
west to the Mississippi
River.
Angry Colonists
 During the war, many
colonists felt they
were not respected by
the British, and begin
to see themselves as
“different”.

 The Proclamation of
1763 restricted
colonists from moving
west of the
Appalachian
Mountains.