Vocabulary
Area of land that both France and Britain wanted.
Ohio River Valley
Young officer from Virginia who gained early military experience.
George Washington
Battle where Washington was forced to surrender in 1754.
Battle of Fort Necessity
The war began over control of this valley.
Ohio River Valley
Nation that lost nearly all land in North America.
France
French fort at the forks of the Ohio River.
Fort Duquesne
British general killed near Fort Duquesne in 1755.
Edward Braddock
British defeat near Fort Duquesne in 1755.
Braddock’s Defeat?
Native allies of the French.
Algonquin & Huron
Nation that gained Florida from Spain in the Treaty of Paris.
Britain
Agreement that officially ended the French & Indian War
Treaty of Paris (1763)
British Prime Minister who turned the war around.
William Pitt
Turning point battle that gave Britain control of Canada.
Battle of Quebec
Native allies of the British.
Iroquois Confederacy
Nation that gained Louisiana territory after the war.
Spain
Law forbidding colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
British general who won the Battle of Quebec.
James Wolfe
French fort captured and renamed Fort Pitt (later Pittsburgh).
Fort Duquesne
Britain started taxing colonies after the war.
to pay war debt
British law limiting colonial expansion westward.
Proclamation of 1763
Proposal by Benjamin Franklin to unite colonies for defense.
Albany Plan of Union
French commander at Quebec, killed in battle.
Marquis de Montcalm
City surrendered in 1760, marking the fall of New France.
Montreal
Native revolt against British forts in 1763.
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Effect of the war that increased tension between Britain and the colonies.
new taxes and restrictions angered colonists