French and Indian war

When was the war fought?

1754-1763

Which territory was the war fought over?

The Ohio river valley

Which treaty ended the war?

The treaty of Paris

Who was Mary Jeminson? 

She was a British girl who was taken captive by natives, but soon learned to love their community

Which 3 rivers comprise the Forks of the Ohio

The Allegheny River, the Monongahela River, and the Ohio River

What were the political results of the war? (Which land exchanged hands?)

The British got lots of land but paying the wars expenses led to colonial discontent and eventually the American revolution

Why did the French want the Ohio River Valley? Why did the British?

French; they wanted to control the American Indian trade in the Ohio River Vally

British: they wanted to farm the land

Massacre at Fort William Henry

The Indians brutally killed and scalped many of the British soldiers and then took hundreds of prisoners to Canada where they were held for ransom

The death of General Wolefe and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.

A British invasion force led by General James Wolfe defeated French troops under the Marquis de Montcalm, leading to the surrender of Quebec to the British. Both commanding officers died from wounds sustained during the battle. The French never recaptured Quebec and effectively lost control of New France in 1760.

Doc A

Summery; the natives are mad because the whites think they are naive and dont know their lands value and they want to get the white people out because they are using their recourses without right

Doc c

George Washington is talking about