French and Indian War

Great Awakening led to the rich white ppl not being as powerful

• more freedom, liberty, equality

French-Indian War

• fought between British + French, but both had Indians on their side

• whoever won was going to be the one to stay in AM

  • Brits had more to lose (more colonies) → they put in everything they had to win

• 1754-1763 - Seven Years War

• 5 causes:

  • control of the water ways

    • Miss. River, Great Lakes, etc

  • religious issue

    • Catholic v Protestant

  • fur trade

  • land around/Ohio River Valley

    • fort there where Indians did a lot of their trading with the French

  • fisheries

    • mainly cod fish

    • where Canada comes into play (French want fishery in Newfoundland)

• happened around the Great Lakes, NY, Penn, Ohio River Valley, Canda

• famous forts:

  • Necessity,

    • first fort Brit v France fought

    • G. Wash surrendered to France (first + only time he did)

  • Duquesne

    • G. Wash + Braddock team up

    • “Braddock’s Blunder”

      • Braddock gets killed in battle

      • G. Wash had dysentery + horse was shot out from under him 2x; he should’ve died, but didn’t (ppl saw as miracle)

    • France get the fort

  • Ticonderoga

    • Brits win the fort

      • gave access to Canada + control of the Hudson River

      • Brits now on road to win war

• famous ppl involved:

  • G. Wash

  • Braddock

  • Pitt

  • Wolfe

• Treaty of Paris 1763

  • impact on LA + New Orleans

  • France leaves, goes to Louisiana (cultural impact = still visible)

  • Indians played French against the Brits

    • but after war, they’re left w/Brits

  • Brits get Florida

• Proclamation of 1763

  • no settler can move west of Appalachians

    • Brits way of trying to keep peace w/Natives

  • doesn’t last, settlers start moving west, leads to Pontiac’s Rebellion

• Pontiac’s Rebellion (Pontiac = took over after Hiawatha)

  • Pontiac’s 6 reasons for Rebellion:

    1. Amherst gave them infected blankets w/smallpox (biological warfare is crazy)

       • Amherst delivers blankets to Pontiac; Pontiac thought they’re being nice, take them, passes them out to his tribe

    2. settlers keep moving west

    3. settlers are making Natives alcoholics

    4. Natives are becoming too dependent on Europeans

    5. missionaries = destroying their way of life

    6. Brits cut off trade w/them

       1. slightly ironic