ConflictsintheColonialEra1TheFrenchandIndianWar(1754-1763)2BritishcoloniestsBritishkingcontrolledThislandwasgrantedbyourking!SlaughteredIndiansdominatethehuntinglanddestoryFrenchbusiness3French&IndiansLackofcohesionconsideredinterestspeacefulrelationship:frequenttradesupportedintermarriagefirstexplorerbuiltfortsspreadculture4TheFormerPartoftheFrenchandIndianWar(1754-1757)5FirstConflictInthesummerof1754LedbyGeorgeWashington(21),sendletterofchallengeandestablishedFortNecessityGWandmenattackedsmallgroupofFrenchsoldiers.VirginiaBritishclaimOhiofrenchclaimFort堡垒FortFortGovernorRobertDinwiddieofVirginia6FirstConflictInthesummerof1754FrenchcounteredattackingFortNecessityBritishoutnumbered,highlosses,theywereforcedtosurrender(1/3sacrificed)ThisclashmarkedthebeginningoftheFrenchandIndianWar7AlbanyCongressFromJune19toJuly11,1754•NinenorthernBritishNorthAmericancolonies•Franklinhadproposed“JOIN,orDIE•amodeloftheStampActCongressin1765aswellastheFirstContinentalCongressin17748JOIN,orDIE.•FranklinhadproposedtheAlbanyPlanin1954•BenjaminFranklin:“TheFirstAmerican”9AlbanyCongressFromJune19toJuly11,1754•NinenorthernBritishNorthAmericancolonies•Franklinhadproposed“JOIN,orDIE•amodeloftheStampActCongressin1765aswellastheFirstContinentalCongressin177410SecondConflictforOhioValleyRegionInJuly1755BritishsendGeneralEdwardBraddockHeisdefeatedandkilledsoonafterbyaFrench&Indianambush11DeclarationofWarInMay1756Forthe1st3yearsofthewar,Frenchdominatedthebattlefield.•FortTiconderoga•FortOswego•FortWilliamHenryBritishnotusedtothemore“guerilla”warfarestyle.12WilliamPitt•LordWilliamPittborrowedmoney,“SpendNow,Paylater”•Assembledlargest,best-equippedarmy•BecameallieswithimportantNatives,ie.Iroquis13BritishConquest(1758-1760)141758•PittdispatchedapowerfulexpeditionagainstLouisbourg.WilliamPitt,aforemostleaderintheLondongovernment.•ItwasthefirstsignificantBritishvictoryoftheentirewar.15BattleofFortDuquesne•TodrivetheFrenchoutoftheOhioCountry.•ToclearthewayforaninvasionofCanada.161759•TheBattleofQuébecranksasoneofthemostsignificantengagementsinBritishandAmericanhistory.17•commanderofBritisharmyJamesWolfe18BritishJamesWolfeFrenchMarquisdeMontcalmBothcommandersfell,fatallywounded.191760•MontréalfelltothearmyofBritish.20TheEndoftheWar1763TheTreatyofPariswassignedon10February,1763bythekingdomsofGreatBritain,FranceandSpain.21ThepeacesettlementatParis(Feb.10,1763)CededCanadaTradedFloridatoregainCubaCompensatedLouisianaandtheoutletofNewOrleansRetainedtwosmallislandsofrichsugarcropsintheGulfofSt.Lawrenceandfishingrightsinthearea22EffectsTotheGreatBritainTotheFranceTothenatives23TothegreatBritain:thebigwinnermorelanddominantnavelpowertheempireonwhichthesunneversets24TotheFrance:treatyofParisthelostoflandandwealthrevolutionarywar25TothenativeAmerica:Painsandmiserablelife(deathsandburdenoneconomic)26Thankyou!27