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    The French and Indian War was fought between France and Britain in North America from 1754 to 1763 over land claims. George Washington confirmed that the French had built Fort Duquesne on land claimed by the British, and attacked the fort, starting the war. The French initially had success using Indian-style guerrilla tactics against the British forces. Ultimately, the British captured Quebec in 1759 and forced France to cede land claims in North America in the Treaty of Paris, ending the war and making Britain the dominant power in the region.

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    The French and Indian War was fought between France and Britain in North America from 1754 to 1763 over land claims. George Washington confirmed that the French had built Fort Duquesne on land claimed by the British, and attacked the fort, starting the war. The French initially had success using Indian-style guerrilla tactics against the British forces. Ultimately, the British captured Quebec in 1759 and forced France to cede land claims in North America in the Treaty of Paris, ending the war and making Britain the dominant power in the region.

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    The French and Indian War was fought between France and Britain in North America from 1754 to 1763 over land claims. George Washington confirmed that the French had built Fort Duquesne on land claimed by the British, and attacked the fort, starting the war. The French initially had success using Indian-style guerrilla tactics against the British forces. Ultimately, the British captured Quebec in 1759 and forced France to cede land claims in North America in the Treaty of Paris, ending the war and making Britain the dominant power in the region.

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    The French and Indian War

    What was the French and Indian War?

    • French and the British


    fighting in North
    America.
    • Wanted Land
    • Included Natives
    (Iroquois)
    • set up a series of forts
    • 1754–1763
    • Resulted in the Treaty
    of Paris
    Pre-War Land Claims

    France English
    What was Fort Duquesne?
    • The French built fort
    Duquesne
    • The English believed
    the fort was on their
    land
    GET OUT!!
    What did George Washington Do?
    • Washington
    confirmed the fort
    was on English
    land
    • Washington told
    the French they
    had to leave
    Then what did Washington do?
    • attacked French
    soldiers and the
    French and
    Indian War had
    begun
    • George
    Washington
    retreated
    • Built a fort
    called Fort
    Necessity
    The fort was built on low ground
    and was flooded

    This made the gunpowder useless


    How did the different sides fight?
    • The French
    fought the way
    the Native
    Americans did
    -Hiding and
    ambushing
    troops
    Yoo Hoo!
    • The British were
    ambushed on
    the way there
    and lost.
    The beginning of War
    • England was not winning the war
    • The 13 Colonies chose not to unite under a
    central authority
    • British General Braddock suffered heavy
    defeats
    • French captured a bunch of Forts -
    Oswego, For William Henry
    How did the War End?
    • William Pitt lead Brits
    to victory – Captured
    Quebec
    • The French signed
    the Treaty of Paris
    • This ended the war
    and made England
    the major power in
    America
    Pre-War Land Claims

    France English
    Post-War Land Claims

    Spanish English
    War Costs a lot of money
    Effects of the War
    • The British Government needed someone
    to pay for the war
    • The war took place in America
    • The British believed Americans should pay
    for the war
    • So the colonists were forced to pay higher
    taxes
    • These taxes are going to help cause
    another war…

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