THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR WAS PART OF A LARGER CONFLICT KNOWN AS “THE 7 YEARS WAR” FIGHTING TOOK PLACE ON 4 CONTINENTS: 1.  NORTH AMERICA (our main focus) 2.  EUROPE 3.  ASIA 4.  AFRICA COLONIAL POSSESSIONS IN 1756 Red = England Green = France Yellow = Spain THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WAR: THE FRENCH HAD EARLY SUCCESSES. BOTH THE ENGLISH (INCLUDING THE AMERICAN COLONISTS) AND THE FRENCH HAD NATIVE AMERICAN ALLIES. HATRED AND FEAR WERE FELT BY THE AMERICAN COLONISTS DUE TO NATIVE AMERICAN RAIDS. ULTIMATELY, THE BRITISH WON THIS WAR. The Treaty of Paris (1763)  
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The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The French transferred its claims west of the Mississippi to Spain and ceded its territory east of the Mississippi to the BriYsh. The TreaYes of Easton and Paris limited colonizaYon to the Eastern seaboard. THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR WHY THE WAR IS SO IMPORTANT: • FRANCE WAS FORCED COMPLETELY OUT OF NORTH AMERICA-­‐ ENGLAND TOOK ALL OF THEIR LAND. • THOUGH THE BRITISH WON, FIGHTING THE WAR COST A LOT OF MONEY. THEY THEN TRIED TO COLLECT TAXES FROM THE COLONISTS TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST OF THE WAR. • TO TRY TO PREVENT ANY MORE CONFLICT WITH NATIVE AMERICANS, THE BRITISH ISSUED A PROCLAMATION FORBIDDING SETTLEMENT WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR WHY THE WAR IS SO IMPORTANT: • FRANCE WAS FORCED COMPLETELY OUT OF NORTH AMERICA-­‐ ENGLAND TOOK ALL OF THEIR LAND. RESULT: REMOVING FRANCE TOOK
AWAY 1 THREAT TO THE AMERICAN
COLONISTS– THEY NO LONGER HAD TO
WORRY ABOUT THE FRENCH OR THE
FRENCH SUPPLYING NATIVE
AMERICANS WITH ARMS. THIS MADE IT
EASIER TO THINK ABOUT A FUTURE
WHERE THE BRITISH ARMY WOULDN’T
HAVE TO PROTECT THE COLONISTS.
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR WHY THE WAR IS SO IMPORTANT: • TO TRY TO PREVENT ANY MORE CONFLICT WITH NATIVE AMERICANS, THE BRITISH ISSUED A PROCLAMATION FORBIDDING SETTLEMENT WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. RESULT: MANY COLONISTS EITHER WANTED
TO SETTLE NEW LANDS TO FARM
THEMSELVES OR TO TRY TO SELL AT A
PROFIT. THIS ACT UPSET MANY COLONISTS
WHO HAD COME TO AMERICA BECAUSE OF
THE ACCESS TO NEW LANDS. OFTEN THE
PROCLAMATION WAS IGNORED, AND
RESULTED IN COLONIAL ANGER WHEN
ENFORCED.
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR WHY THE WAR IS SO IMPORTANT: • THOUGH THE BRITISH WON, FIGHTING THE WAR COST A LOT OF MONEY. THEY THEN TRIED TO COLLECT TAXES FROM THE COLONISTS TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST OF THE WAR. RESULT: THE BRITISH HAD FOR MANY
YEARS BEEN ALLOWING THE
AMERICAN COLONIES TO GOVERN
THEMSELVES IN MANY AREAS. AS THE
BRITISH BEGAN TO ASSERT THE
AUTHORITY THEY HAD ALWAYS HAD,
THE COLONISTS BECAME UPSET WITH
THE ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THEM
MORE CLOSELY.