Colonial Wars for North America

French and Indian War 1754-1763

Conflict over the Ohio Valley. English won but ended up very poor → taxes. English did not want war to happen but colonists started it.

Fort Duquesne 1754

Lt. Col. George Washington was sent by Virginia gov't to forks of Ohio river to prevent French from building a fort there. Hoping to instead build a Brit. fort, He was forced to surrender and defeated.

Albany Congress 1754

An intercolonial meeting in 1754 that called leaders from all the colonies to meet in Albany to discuss Amerindian threats and ask for an alliance. The Iroquois refused to commit themselves to the British.

Purpose: Increase colonial unity and organize a strong defense against France.

HS: Led to the Albany plan of union which was proposed by ben franklin and ruled for the colonies to deal with the defenses and affairs with Natives by themselves. British thought it would give to much power to the colonies and the colonies though not enough autonomy would be given to individual colonies.

Treaty of Paris 1763

It was the end of the war once this document was signed in 1763 and it led to the removal of the french from North. Amer.

The enormous war debt the Brits faced led to new taxes and mercantile policies New eng. wanted the colonies to follow.

What did the colonies during and after war?

New confidence

Traded with French while war going on.

The quetion of whether the british were needed

THE COLONISTS KEPT EXPANDING WESTWARD

Pontiacs rebellion 1763

Cheif Pontiac refused to surrender his land to the Brits, and he led a rebellion against the whites in Ohio valley and Great Lakes in 1763

Led to Proclamation of 1763

Proclamation of 1763

Prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachians intended to be temporary.

Colonists infuriated thinking there natural rights were being violated and they IGNORED it.