The French and Indian War 1754-1763

European wars spill over to America

Causes of French & Indian War     1. Rivalry in the Ohio Valley over fur trade, territory, fishing rights      2.   France and England are rivals in Europe so these

        George Washington
 A young Virginia Ranger fought on the side of the British.

    George Washington in prayer
 
 
 
 
 
 

          Battle of Fort Duquesne

The British Regulars and Colonials were cut down by French and Indians firing from behind trees and rocks. Braddock insisted they maintain ranks in the road.
 

                Gen Edward Braddock

    Edward Braddock was a stubborn man, convinced that his extensive military experience in Europe would succeed in America. It didn't. His army of 1460 men was soundly defeated by fewer than 850 French and Indians at Fort Duquesne. Braddock had 877 men killed
or wounded. Not a solitary field officer, excepting
George Washington, escaped unhurt. At the time it was called the Battle of the Monongahela but is now remembered
as Braddock's Defeat.
 
 
 

    On July 9, 1755, English General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded, a ball passing through his right arm into his lungs. He fell from his horse "...surrounded by the dead, abandoned by the living."* His troops refused to rescue him.  He lay on the battlefield for some time before three of his officers carried him from the field. He died three days later.

    Battle of Quebec   - turning point in the war.   won by the British on the Plains of Abraham    

Watch 11 min Battle of Quebec video:

Peace of Paris
This treaty ended the French and Indian War

    1. England receives all of Canada
  and lands East of Mississippi.

    2.  France gives remaining New World
            territory to Spain.

    3.  Spain gives Florida to England.

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1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

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