The French and Indian War

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The French and Indian War

• Pgs. 264-267

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Causes of the War

• 1753 the French built forts in the Ohio River
  valley claimed by both France and England
• The British colonists viewed this move as an
  attack

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Indian Allies

• Allies friends in war
• Both the British and the French were helped by
  their Indian allies.
• The British could not fight off the French and
  their Indian allies on their own.

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Help from the Army

• The British government sent its army to help the
  colonists defeat the French in 1763.

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George Washington

• In 1754 young George Washington led Virginia
  troops into disputed lands in southwestern
  Pennsylvania.
• The Americans built Fort Necessity for
  protection.
• French troops attacked and Washington along with
  his troops were forced to surrender.

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Results of the War

• French Canada became a British colony.
• The British gained control of the lands between
  the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi
  River.

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Results of the War

• Cost?
• The war had cost a lot of money.
• Keeping British soldiers in North America to
  protect its newly won land would cost even more.

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Taxes

• In order to cover the cost of the war, King
  George III and Parliament decided that the
  colonists would have to pay part of the cost of
  the war.
• The colonists agreed to this plan, but many were
  angry about it.

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Proclamation of 1763

• King George ordered
• The colonists must stop settling the western
  lands won from France.
• Settlers already living in the area must leave.
• The western lands were reserved for the Native
  Americans.
• The King hoped this order would prevent more wars
  between the colonists and the Indians.

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To make matters worse!

• King George III gave colonial governors more
  authority over the colonies.
• The governors had the power to change any law
  passed by colonial legislatures that the king did
  not like.
• The colonists did not expect these changes. They
  were hoping to gain more control to govern
  themselves.