French & Indian
War
French vs.
English
French and Indian War
Cause:
Competing Interests
A.
Albany Plan
B.
C.
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War Ends
A.
B.
Results of the French and
Indian War
Proclamation Line of 1763
A.
B.
A.
B.
French Possessions In North America
English Possessions In North America
French in
North
America
British in
North
America
Native Americans were caught in the middle.
They lost a lot of land to the Europeans who
were migrating into North America
British in
North
America
French in
North
America
The Ohio River Valley was ready to explode!
Why?
Cause
Competing Interests:
French: Wanted the
land to hunt for fur.
British: Wanted the
land to farm
French gov’t built forts
to stop English taking
the land.
English government
built forts and started
to grant land to its
citizens.
Beaver Fur
1500s-1800s Beaver
fur was used to
make hats, they
were the fashion in
Europe.
Beaver Trap
French in
North
America
The English
attacked the
French. British
lost the battle
but the war was
on!
They fought in
North America
AND in
Europe!
British in
North
America
War
They fought over
control of the entire
Western frontier
including the Ohio
River Valley.
The Albany Plan
1754-Delegates from nine of the thirteen colonies met in
Albany, New York.
A. Benjamin Franklin, a delegate from Pennsylvania came
to Albany, NY with the “Albany Plan”, a plan to get the
colonies to work together to support England.
B. Tried to convince the Colonies to work together and
fight the French. He told the Colonists that if they didn’t
work together and fight the French, they would all die
because the French would see them as English and kill
them.
C. The Plan failed because the Colonies wouldn’t work
together
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The Albany Plan
A.
B.
War in America
ended in 1763.
Treaty of Paris,
1763
France surrendered
all land east of the
Mississippi River to
Britain
Results of French and Indian War
A. Britain gained control of everything east of
the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida.
B. British decided to re-establish control of the
Colonies-They set up a “line” that Colonists
were not supposed to cross-Proclamation
Line
British government was deeply in debt and
wanted to get the money from the Colonies
where they’d had to fight.
Proclamation Line of
1763
The British set up the
Proclamation Line of 1763
A. Told Colonists to not go
west of the Appalachian
Mountains (the “line”)
This kept Colonists close to the
Atlantic ports and made it easier
for England to keep Colonists
trading with them. It was a way to
control the Colonists.
B.PL made Colonists really
angry. They realized it
was a way for England to
control them. They wanted
to be free to find land west of
the Appalachian's
Demonstrate Albany Plan
You are from Massachusetts Colony. You don’t like the French
but you REALLY don’t like South Carolina. They have slaves
and you hate slavery. You don’t want to work with them.
Demonstrate Albany Plan
You are from South Carolina Colony. You don’t like the
French but you REALLY don’t like Massachusetts. They are
trying to end slavery and you need slaves to run your
plantations. You don’t want to work with them.
Demonstrate Albany Plan
You are from Virginia. You don’t like the French but you
REALLY don’t like Rhode Island. They are Catholics and you
hate their religion. You don’t want to work with them.
Demonstrate Albany Plan
You are from Rhode Island. You don’t like the French but you
REALLY don’t like Virginia. They are only interested in
making money and they have killed Catholics like you. You
don’t want to work with them.
Demonstrate Albany Plan
You are from Georgia Colony. You don’t like the French but
you REALLY don’t like New York. They are loud and
obnoxious and they think your colony is made up of a bunch of
criminals. You don’t want to work with them.
Demonstrate Albany Plan
You are from New York. You don’t like the French but you
REALLY don’t like Georgia. They are all criminals and
debtors. You don’t want to work with them.
Demonstrate Albany Plan
You are Benjamin Franklin
You can see that the French are going to kill all the colonists if
they win this war. You have a plan to but you need the
colonists to stop fighting each other and work together.
You’ve come to this convention and you’re trying to get them
to stop arguing and listen
Cut out the strips, attach them to desks. Have students take on
the role of the delegates to the Albany Convention. 1 student
will be Franklin. Encourage arguing. Explain this was the way
it was and why it failed.
French and Indian War
Cause:
Competing Interests
French: Wanted the land to hunt for fur.
British: Wanted the land to farm
A. Benjamin Franklin came to Albany, NY
Albany Plan
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right
with the “Albany Plan”
B. Tried to convince the Colonies to work
together and fight the French.
C. The Plan failed because the Colonies
wouldn’t work together
War Ends
Results of the French and
Indian War
Proclamation Line of 1763
A. War in America ended in 1763.
Treaty of Paris, 1763
B. France surrendered all land in
North America to Britain
A. Britain gained control of everything east
of the Mississippi River, and Spanish
Florida.
B. They set up a “line” that Colonists were
not supposed to cross-Proclamation Line
A. Told Colonists to not go west of
the Appalachian Mountains
B. PL made Colonists really angry.
They realized it was a way for
England to control them