Road to Revolution

To protect the fur trade in the area

To establish a new colony

To prevent British expansion

To support Native American tribes

George Washington

Benjamin Franklin

John Penn

Pontiac

Creating an intercontinental government and a system for collecting taxes for defense

Establishing a new colony in the Ohio River Valley

Forming an alliance with Native American tribes

Declaring independence from Britain

The Seven Years' War

The War of the Conquest

The American Revolutionary War

The War of 1812

France lost its North American possessions

France gained control of the Ohio River Valley

France formed an alliance with Native American tribes

France expanded its territory in Europe

To forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

To establish new trade routes with Native American tribes

To create a new colonial government

To increase taxes on the colonies

Native American tribes attacking colonial outposts

Colonists rebelling against British taxes

French forces attacking British forts

British settlers moving into Native American lands