French and Indian War

1754 -1763

Event	Effect
1. There is fur here!	France and England want to trade with the Indians
2. Indians take sides	Hurons/Algonquin – French Iroquois - English
3. France fights England 3 times	French and English colonists fight too
4. English come into the Ohio Valley	French destroy British posts
5. George Washington marches to Ft. Duquesne	Surrenders Ft. Necessity French and Indian war begins
6. Ben Franklin – Albany Plan of Union	Rejected – but planted “American” seed
7. Braddock defeated at Duquesne	Need better strategy
8. Pitt appointed new British war planner	England wins Battle
9. England wins	Treaty of Paris, 1763
10. Treaty of Paris - 1763	England gains land from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River
11. Pontiac’s Rebellion	Failed.