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French Indian War
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Vocabulary

• French and Indian War war from 1754 to 1763
  between France, with allied Indian nations, and
  Britain and its colonists, for control of eastern
  North America

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Vocabulary

• Militia armed citizens who serve as soldiers
  during an emergency
• Prime minister highest official of a
  parliamentary government

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Causes of War

• Rivalry between Britain and France
• French allied with Native Americans
• Wars in Europe

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Fort Necessity

• George Washington commanded fort
• French seize the fort and force a surrender

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George Washington
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Vocabulary

• Albany Plan of Union
• 1754 proposal by Benjamin Franklin for the
  creation of a grand council of representatives
  from Britains American colonies

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Early British Losses

• French ambush British and colonials
• General Braddock is killed.
• European strategy

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William Pitt

• Britains prime minister
• Parliament raised taxes and borrowed money to
  fight the war
• 1758, better-prepared and better-led British
  begin to win battles
• British begin to attack French forts
• Iroquois now support the British

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Battles

• Louisbourg fortress on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
• Fort Duquesne Pennsylvania
• Fort Niagara New York
• Ticonderoga New York

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Battle of Quebec

• City located high on cliffs overlooking the St.
  Lawrence River
• British General James Wolfe 9000 men
• French General Marquis de Montcalm 7500 men
• Siege enemy forces are trapped in their position
  and are starved into surrendering
• Moved men up cliffs, both generals are killed
• British win the battle

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Battle of Montreal

• British take Montreal the following September
• British take control of all of Canada
• 1761, British seize Fort Detroit and other French
  posts along the Great Lakes

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Treaty of Paris 1763

• Great Britain, France, and Spain end French and
  Indian War in America and the Seven Years War in
  Europe
• Results
• France turns Canada over to Britain and
  surrenders its claim to all lands east of the
  Mississippi River.
• France keeps New Orleans
• U.S. gives Spain Cuba for Florida

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Result of War

• 1. Colonists lost respect for British military
  tactics wanted to be led by colonial officers
• 2. Belief that British did not share values or
  give colonists respect
• 3. British thought the colonists did not provide
  enough support