Objective: To analyze the
importance of the Albany Plan of
Union and the causes and effects
of the French and Indian War.
Do Now: Which European
countries were competing for land
in North America?
- Great Britain
- France
- Spain
Albany Plan of Union
• The Albany Plan of Union, proposed by Benjamin Franklin
and Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson, called for
colonial unity in the face of the coming war with
France.
• The Albany Plan of Union called for a Grand Council with
representatives from each colony.
• The Grand Council would:
- make laws
- raise taxes
- defend the colonies
• None
of the colonies approved the plan out of fear of losing
power.
* The Albany Plan of Union set an example that would
later be followed by such gatherings as the First and
Second Continental Congress.
French and Indian War (1754 – 1763)
Causes: Britain began to compete with France over the
fur trade in the Ohio Valley.
French and Indian War: Alliances
French and Indian War: Alliances
Alliance - a formal agreement by two or more nations
to act together in a cause
• France,
Spain (1762),
Algonquins, and Hurons
versus
• Great Britain
and the Iroquois
The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West, 1770
Prior to the French and Indian War
After the French and Indian War
French and Indian War: Effects
• The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, ending the war.
The Treaty of Paris
• Britain gained Canada and all of the French land east of
the Mississippi River.
• Spain gained all of the French land west of the
Mississippi River.
• Spain gave up Florida to Britain.