French and Indian War Overview

Disputes over fishing rights in the Atlantic.

Competition for control over North American territory.

Religious differences between French and British colonists.

Conflicts over trade routes in the Caribbean.

1700-1709

1754-1763

1776-1783

1812-1815

The signing of the Treaty of Paris.

The capture of Quebec by the British.

The Battle of Jumonville Glen.

The British blockade of the Atlantic coast.

The French offered more advanced weaponry.

The French treated them with more dignity and respect as trading partners.

The French promised them more land after the war.

The French had a larger military presence in North America.

The French focused on building large cities, while the British built small villages.

The French did not tend to build farms and towns on native land, unlike the British.

The French primarily built farms and towns on native land, unlike the British.

The French established more coastal settlements than the British.

He focused solely on defending British colonial borders.

He negotiated a peace treaty with France.

He sent additional soldiers to capture French settlements in Canada and increased popular support.

He withdrew British troops from North America.

By directly attacking French forts inland.

By blockading the Atlantic coast, preventing French reinforcements and supplies.

By transporting British colonists to new territories.

By engaging in large-scale naval battles in the Pacific.

Great Britain gained significant new territory in North America but incurred deep debt.

Great Britain lost all its North American colonies.

Great Britain formed a strong alliance with France.

Great Britain experienced a period of economic prosperity without new taxes.