Important Events
This is where the opening shots of the War went off.
What is Fort Duquesne or Pittsburgh?
This 22-year-old was one of the first sent into the opening battle of the war in the Ohio River Valley.
Who is George Washington?
Tensions between Britain and France grew over land and control of this trade in the Ohio River Valley.
What is the fur trade?
This treaty ended the French and Indian War in 1763.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This battle, where British General James Wolfe laid siege to a key French stronghold, became the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Quebec?
This country gave Florida to Britain in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River.
What is Spain?
This was at the center of the conflict between the French, British, and American Indians.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
Britain won the war but was left with this major consequence.
What is a large war debt?
This is the side that was defeated at the Battle of Duquesne(the first battle).
Who are the British?
This American Indian group allied with the British to protect their interests.
Who are the Iroquois?
These are the people that had inhabited the Ohio River Valley centuries before this war and used the land to hunt and grow crops.
Who are American Indians?
To pay for the war, Britain raised taxes on these people.
Who are the American colonists?
This is who surrendered at the battle of Quebec.
Who are the French?
These American Indian groups sided with the French during the war.
Who are the Huron and Algonquians?
These are what's being referred to in the comparison, "like two edges of a pair of shears."
Who are the French and the British?
This was passed to prevent conflict between settlers and Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
This is what was important about Fort Quebec.
What is Fort Quebec held supplies for other French forts?
This British general led the successful siege on Quebec in 1759.
Who is James Wolfe?
This is why the Ohio River was so important to France.
What is the river providing transportation to many other French claims?
This is how the French and Indian war eventually led to the American Revolution.
After the war, Britain raised taxes on the colonists to pay for their war debt and passed the proclamation line making it illegal for colonists to settle westward. All of this irritated colonists and led them to believe that Britain had too much power over the colonies and should not be able to tell them what they could and could not do.