Download The French and Indian War: Causes, Settlements, and Consequences and more Slides History in PDF only on Docsity! The French and Indian War “You and the French are like two edges of a pair of shears, and we are the cloth that is cut to pieces between them.” – Native American to an English man Docsity.com France Claims Western Lands • French exploring interior of America • Late 1600’s – France had claimed the Ohio River Valley, the Mississippi River Valley, and the great lake region. • Louisiana (La Salle) stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains • PAGE 132 and 134 Docsity.com French Population • 1760 – NEW FRANCE had about 80,000 people (England had over 1 million) • *Why is their such a difference in population? Docsity.com French were mostly fur trappers who traded with the Natives • Furs, guns, knives, iron pots, etc. Docsity.com Native American Alliances • *English competed with the French for furs • *Native American groups competed to supply Europeans with furs Docsity.com War Begins and Spreads • To keep British out of the valley, they destroy a British trading post (Pickawillany) • The French then built forts to protect the region linking their Canadian and Louisiana settlements Docsity.com Virginia Reacts • Send major George Washington to ask the French to leave • English build a fort close to present day Pittsburg • French seize the fort before they were done and name it Fort Duquesne “He told me the Country belogn’d to them, that no English Man had a right to trade upon them Waters; & that he had Orders to make every Person Prisoner that attempted it on the Ohio or the Waters on it.” – G.W. Docsity.com Fort Necessity • Washington was on his way to Fort Duquesne when he heard of its surrender • Instead, he built a small fort but was attacked and forced to surrender (July 3, 1754) Docsity.com The British Take Quebec • William Pitt – Sec. of State – New Philosophy on the war • Sent more troops, nations top generals and more money to win the war Docsity.com Turning Point • Quebec – cliff 300 feet above the St. Lawrence River loaded with cannons and troops • For 2 months sailed around looking for a way to capture it – eventually found an unguarded path up the cliff Docsity.com Turing Point • At night fall 4,000 British snuck up the cliff and waited • Surprised the French in the morning • Montreal falls within the year • *Why do you think Battle of Quebec is a turning point in the war? Docsity.com
