Presentation on F+I War: causes/effects

1. The French and Indian War
1754-1763

2. The Players – Who?
• Great Britain
– Allies with the American colonists (which were
British colonies)
– Iroquois nation
• France
– Allies with Huron, Algonquin, and Spain

3. Why did they fight?
• Rivalry and conflict between France and
Great Britain over ………….

4. Where?
• France had forts, settlements,
and 100,000 settlers in Canada
and along Ohio Valley
• French forts meant that English
colonists could not move
westward

6. Good for the French!!
• Had better relations with
Native American tribes
• New France had a single
colonial government
• They controlled the interior

7. Good for the British!!
• They had more people living in
their colonies
• Colonists were more attached to
the land, they were more
permanent settlers
• Easier to defend their land, because
it was the coast

8. Turning Point
• French were winning,….until
• William Pitt becomes new British prime
minister, he sends more troops and $$$$$,
gets the Iroquois on the British side
• Montreal falls in 1760, the last major
French stronghold in N.America

9. William Pitt

10. So What? Results?
• Treaty of Paris – 1763
– British get Canada and all French lands
east of Mississippi River; and Florida
too!, from Spain
– France gives Spain New Orleans and land
west of the Mississippi River
• Clearly,…the big loser is……
• France