The French and Indian War Flashcards
1
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Clash of Empires
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- England - original 13 colonies on East Coast
- France - Canada as well as Midwest colonial lands
2
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Ohio Valley
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- Critical Area - gateway to the West of the Americas
- Fur Trade
- Link to Canada and the Mississippi River (via the Ohio River)
3
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George Washington (21 years old)
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- Sent by Virginia to secure land claims in Ohio Valley
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Washington’s troops fire at the French at Fort Duquesne
- July 1754 - French force Washington’s surrender
- Washington and men allowed to leave
4
Q
Global War
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- Seven Years’ War
- “World War” - Europe, American Colonies, Caribbean, India all involved in the conflict
5
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Unity
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- Benjamin Franklin - “Join or Die” political cartoon
- colonies unite against French and Native Americans (loyal to France)
- Battle of Quebec (1759) - major English victory over French
- Treaty of Paris (1763) - French power out of North America
- Great Britain is now the leader of the North American continent
- colonists want more freedom
6
Q
remember this…
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the French and Indian war leads the colonists too understand that they can win a war on their own merits. suddenly, might England doesn’t seem so scary
7
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the political cartoon “Join or Die” shows the colonies as a
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snake
8
Q
one of the main characters who helped support colonial unity during the French and Indian War was ______
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Franklin
9
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the french and indian war is also known as
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Seven Years’ War
