French And Indian War Flashcards
Most native Americans tribes align themselves with the French why ??
-hope to drive the English off their land
The Iroquois side with the British why?
Thought they would win
Benjamin Franklin drawing ?
To encourage the British colonies to unite against the French
New Albany Plan
Franklin attempt to unite the colonies to defeat the French - failed
George Washington
Sent by Virginia governor Robert Diniwiddie to survey the land and evict the French
Battle of Ft. Necessity
Start of the war
Battle of ft. Dusquesne
British commander Edward Braddock insists on using European style of war
William Pitt
New prime minister chosen to take charge of the war effort
Battle of Quebec
James Wolfe
Defeats the Marquis de Montecalm
Treaty of Paris
To end the war
Ponticas war
Results ?
Led rebellion against the British / colonists
Attempt to drive English colonists out the Great Lakes / Ohio river valley
Captured 8 forts - but Gus forces were crippled by disease
To avoid further conflicts conflicts w/ native Americans
What did they do?
1) proclamation of 1763 : banned all settlements west of the Appalachiana
2) British left 10,000 troops in America
Results of the French and Indiana war
1) Great Britain gained all land east of the Mississippi River
2) French driven out of North America
3) Great Britain was hugely in debt
4) roots of the American Revolution
