Causes and Competition
This river valley became the center of competition between Britain and France.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This young Virginian was sent into the Ohio Valley to tell the French to leave.
Who is George Washington?
When Washington first went into the Ohio Valley, he was ordered to tell this country to leave.
What is France?
Which country ultimately won the French and Indian War?
Who is Britain
What 1763 British policy attempted to stop colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
What is the Proclamation of 1763
Both Britain and France wanted control of this major river because it was important for trade and transportation.
What is the Mississippi River?
Many Native Americans were more willing to ally with this European country during the war.
What is France?
The French had already constructed this fort near present-day Pittsburgh when Washington returned with troops.
What is Fort Duquesne?
What treaty officially ended the French and Indian War in 1763?
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1763
What major financial problem did Britain have after winning the war?
A huge national debt caused by the cost of fighting the war.
This valuable trade involving animals such as beavers was especially important to the French economy in North America.
What is the fur trade?
This famous political cartoon showed a divided snake and encouraged the colonies to work together.
What is “Join, or Die”?
Washington built this fort after attacking a French party.
What is Fort Necessity?
What major French territory did Britain gain after the war?
What is Canada
What did Britain begin doing to the colonies in part to help pay its war debts and the cost of defending North America?
Increasing/enforcing taxes and trade regulations.
Why were many Native American groups more likely to side with the French rather than the English?
The French were generally more focused on trade and had fewer settlers taking Native land, while many Native groups viewed English settlement as a greater threat.
Who created “Join, or Die,” and what message was he trying to communicate?
Benjamin Franklin; he was arguing that the colonies needed to unite against the French threat.
Give one advantage the French had over the British early in the war.
They were better organized, had more experienced fighters, or had more Native American allies.
After the Treaty of Paris, Britain gained French territory east of what major river?
what is the Mississippi River
What important idea had grown among the colonies because they had fought against a common enemy?
A greater sense of colonial unity/cooperation.
Explain why the Ohio River Valley created conflict between Britain and France.
Both countries claimed the territory and wanted its valuable land, resources, trade opportunities, and access to important waterways.
During Washington’s confrontation with the French in 1754, this Native leader killed and wounded French officer Joseph Coulon de Jumonville
Who is Tanacharison/Half King?
This British general led approximately 1,400 troops toward Fort Duquesne but suffered a disastrous defeat and was mortally wounded.
Who is General Edward Braddock?
Why was Britain's victory harmful to many Native American nations?
France was largely removed as a competing European power, Native nations lost an important ally/trading partner, and British settlers increasingly threatened Native lands.
Britain had just won a huge amount of new territory. Why would Britain then tell colonists they could not settle on some of that land?
Britain hoped to reduce conflict between colonists and Native Americans and avoid the expense of fighting additional wars on the frontier.