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French and Indian War

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+Causes of the War

France and England were in a conflict known as the Seven Years War

Both competed for control of North America

Both French and English settlers started moving into the Ohio Valley

Both nations felt the land was rightfully theirs

+The French and Indian War Begins

In 1754, English forces under George Washington march to Fort Duquesne to oust the French

On the way, they massacre a French scouting party near present-day Uniontown, Pennsylvania in what is known as The Battle of Jumonville Glen

Fearing a counter attack, Washington ordered the construction of Fort Necessity

The French send 600 soldiers and force Washington to surrender the fort

The French and Indian War had begun

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+Effects of the War

Britain defeats France

France is expelled from the New World including all of Canada.

France agrees to stay out of India, which made Great Britain the supreme military power in that part of Asia

Spain gets Louisiana Territory

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+After the War

Britain is left with a huge debt and a desire to avoid costly conflicts in the future

British mercantilism results in colonial smuggling

Needing money, Britain enforces laws like the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Towsend Act and the Tea Act

+Pontiac’s Rebellion

Britain stops trading with the natives

Natives attack forts and colonists

+Proclamation of 1763

England issued the Proclamation of 1763, which restricted settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains in an attempt to appease Indians who had developed positive relations with France.

Westward-bound settlers, however, ignored the proclamation and moved into Indian lands.

This act will create hostility among Americans who believe they have a right to the lands west of the Appalachians

+Colonial Reaction

No taxation without representation

Boycotts

Stamp Act Riots- Result in civil disobeedience and harrassment of tax collectors

Boston Tea Party- act of civil disobedience where the Sons of Liberty dress as Indians and dump tea into the Boston Harbor in potest of the Tea Act

+England Responds to the Colonies

England punishes the Bostonians with the Intolerable ActsClosure of Boston harborQuartering Act requiring colonists to provide housing for British soldiers