French and Indian War (1754-1763)

What was the French and Indian War

4th conflict b/w Britain and France in North America, fought over trade and territory; Ohio river valley

Iroquois Confederacy

A powerful alliance of Native tribes; neutral, traded with both sides, strong influence

Fort Duquesne

Strategic fort in Ohio valley

What did George Washington do?

Took Duquesne and built Fort Necessity

Albany Plan of Union (1754)

A plan proposed by Ben Frank to create an alliance

General Braddock in 1755

Defeated in an Indian ambush

What major change occurred in 1757

William Pitt became Prime Minister and paid colonists

Fort Pitt

British take Fort Duquesne

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Natives rebel against British settlements and trade policies in the Ohio Valley