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THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR 1756-63

THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR 1756-63. A TURNING POINT. FRENCH & BRITISH ARE RIVALS. British-American expansion west Edict of Nantes French Claim Canada and Mississippi Valley The Beaver Based on Marquette, Joliet and La Salle. FRENCH GOALS. Maintain holdings Stop English expansion

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THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR 1756-63

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  1. THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR 1756-63 A TURNING POINT

  2. FRENCH & BRITISH ARE RIVALS • British-American expansion west • Edict of Nantes • French Claim Canada and Mississippi Valley • The Beaver • Based on Marquette, Joliet and La Salle

  3. FRENCH GOALS • Maintain holdings • Stop English expansion • Their problem is under-population • Won’t allow non-Catholics

  4. THE 9 WORLD WARS

  5. CYCLES OF WAR • Four major wars between 1689-1763 • “Salutary neglect” • Last war is called seven years war 1756 to 1763 • American portion called French and Indian War • French Forts in West

  6. THE WAR BEGINS • Virginia land speculators claim Ohio Valley • George Washington at “Great Meadows” and “Fort Necessity.”

  7. GEN. BRADDOCK’S DEFEAT • Fort Duquesne 1755 • Washington is hero in defeat!

  8. GEN. MONTCALM • Invades New York 1756 • The Albany Congress had failed to bring colonial unity • First attempt to unify the colonies for defense

  9. KEY BATTLES OF THE WAR • Louisbourg 1758 • Fort Frontenac for Control of Lake Ontario • Fort Duquesne Bring it, Foo!

  10. BRITISH-AMERICAN INVASION OF CANADA • Amherst attacks Montreal • Wolfe attacks Quebec 1759 • Wolfe vs. Montcalm • “The Plains of Abraham”

  11. VICTORY AT QUEBEC IS TURNING POINT OF THE WAR. • Cuts French Lines of Supply French seek peace

  12. PEACE OF PARIS 1763 • British get Canada all land to the Mississippi • British return Sugar Islands • Spain given New Orleans and territory West of the Mississippi • Florida to England • Havan and Manila to Spain

  13. CONSEQUENCES OF VICTORY • Removes French threat to American colonies • Reduces need for the British • Doubles the British National Debt

  14. MORE… • The British change their policy of Salutary Neglect • Try to enforce Mercantile Laws

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