Exploring the Seven Years' War

Chapter 4, Lesson 5

The End of the War

Open Ended

What is one thing you remember from class yesterday?

Multiple Choice

What were the sides that fought in the Seven Years' War?

• The British vs. The French and Indians

• The French vs. the Russians

• The Americans vs. the Germans

Open Ended

How long was the Seven Years' War?

The End of the War

• The British defeated the French at the battle of Louisbourg and at the French occupied Fort Duquesne in 1758

• Knowing they were defeated, the French set their own fort on fire and ran away

• This marked an important turning point in the Seven Years' War

What Were the Final Stages of the War

• The British defeated the French in Quebec on September 13,1759

• Shortly after this battle, the French surrendered to the British in 1760

• This marked the end of the Seven Years' War, but not the problems between all of the sides involved

What Happened After the War?

• The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 (Three years after the war ended)

• This officially marked the end of the Seven Years' War

• The Treaty of Paris led to several things

The Treaty of Paris

• The treaty gave Britain all of the land east of the Mississippi River, except for New Orleans

• The area west of New Orleans was given to Spain, who was a French ally

• France kept New Orleans

• At this time, Great Britain traded Cuba to Spain in exchange for Florida, which is how Florida became a colony (and later a state)

What Happened After the War?

• Great Britain was again the strongest nation in the world

• It had spent a lot of money fighting with France though, and they looked to the Colonies to pay for it, in the form of taxes

• Now that the French were no longer a threat to the colonies though, they didn't feel like they needed British protection any longer

• Many colonists hated that Britain was raising taxes on them for a war that they didn't even want to fight in

Multiple Choice

Who won the Seven Years' War?

• Great Britain

• China

• France

Multiple Choice

What did the British do to the Colonists after the war was over?

• Took them out for dinner

• Attacked them

• Asked them to pay for the war

Multiple Choice

How did the colonists feel about their taxes being raised by the British?

• They hated it

• They loved it

Open Ended

What do you think will happen next, now that the war is over?