USH Mr. Raymond French and Indian War

Disagreements over fishing rights in the Atlantic Ocean.

Competition between European countries for land and resources in North America.

A dispute about trade routes to Asia.

Religious differences between the French and British colonists.

There were many more French people than English colonists.

The number of French people and English colonists was about the same.

There were far fewer French people than English colonists.

The French population was growing much faster than the English population.

They often fought over land and resources.

They mostly ignored each other.

They worked closely together, especially in fur trading, and formed alliances.

The French forced Native Americans to work on farms.

He was a French fur trader.

He led a militia to try and remove the French.

He helped build Fort Duquesne for the French.

He negotiated a peace treaty between the French and British.

To declare independence from Great Britain.

To create a centralized government to help with war efforts.

To form an alliance with Native American tribes against the French.

To decide on new trade rules for the colonies.

The French defeated the British.

The British defeated the French.

The Native Americans defeated both the French and British.

The battle ended in a tie.

1759

1760

1763

1776

They gained more land from the British.

They formed a new alliance with the British.

They lost their main ally against British expansion.

They became independent from European powers.

Trading with Native Americans.

Settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Paying taxes to the British.

Forming their own militias.

To punish the colonies for their role in the war.

To fund new explorations in North America.

To pay off the enormous debt from the war.

To build new forts in the Ohio River Valley.