Brief Presentation about the Gains and Loses from the French and Indian War, part of the Seven Years War.

1. The French & Indian War
Section 3.4

2. Motivations
1. Why did France and Britain fight in the war?
 to gain control of the Ohio Valley
 to expand their empires
The “French and Indian War” was a smaller part of a
world-wide war between England and France that took
place on 4 continents (The Seven Years War)

3. Motivations
2. Why did the British colonies fight?
 A desire to expand the colonies westward to the Ohio
Valley to expand their empires
 Some felt loyalty to Great Britain
Westward expansion meant new land, more resources,
which would become more wealth

4. Motivation
Key
Ohio Valley

5. Motivations
3. Why did the Native Americans fight?
 To honor military alliances
 to gain the benefits of supporting the victor in a war
Since the war was fought over the land they lived on, the
Native Americans had a vested interest in the outcome
of the war
Most sided with the French because they had far fewer
settlers (~70,000 French vs. ~1,000,000 British)

6. Winners & Losers
4. What did Britain gain as a result of the war?
 Canada
 virtually all of North America east of the Mississippi
River
Spain, as an ally to France, lost lands to the British as
well – especially parts of Florida

7. Winners & Losers

8. Winners & Losers
5. What did Britain lose?
 Lives
 the colonists’ respect
 a good deal of money

9. Winners & Losers
6. What did the colonies gain as a result of the war?
 Access to what had been French territories

10. Winners & Losers
7. What did the colonies lose?
 Lives
 profits from trade (due to increased taxation to pay
off Britain’s war debt)
 some rights commonly held by British subjects

11. Winners & Losers
8. What did France lose as a result of the war?
 Lives
 all of their American territories other than a few small
islands

12. Winners & Losers
9. What did war cost Native Americans?
 Lives
 the aid and friendship of the French
 protection from the British

13. George Washington
 Unsuccessful military commander
(Colonel) – lost attack on Fort
Duquesne, and forfeited Fort
Necessity
 Lost Fort Ticonderoga, but his
courage and bravery gained him
fame

14. George Grenville
 British Finance minister who
imposed many of the taxes the
colonists hated
 Reviled (hated) by the colonists
 King liked his mercantilist policies
because it helped England
recover financially from the
Seven Years War

15. William Pitt

16. Pontiac

17. Proclamation of 1763