The defeat of New France disturbed the alliances between First Nations groups and the French that had lasted for over two hundred years. With the British now occupying French forts across the territory, new settlers were arriving in greater numbers and encroaching on First Nations lands used for hunting. Some First Nations groups continued fighting the British and American settlers to keep them out of their traditional territories. Pontiac, an Ottawa leader, organized an indigenous coalition to resist the British occupation in the 1760s after the fall of New France.

1. THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR
First Nations’ Responses to the Fall of New France
Ian Cox-Leigh
October 25, 2012

2. TODAY’S AGENDA
• First Nations’ Responses to the Fall of New France.
(10 minutes)
Immediate Neighbours
Broader Effects
Partner Activity (2 Minutes)
• Video from “Canada a People’s History”. (10 minutes)
Showing Events Discussed
Discussion
• Establishing Peace with First Nations’ Groups (10 Minutes)
Ongoing Impact of Agreements.

3. FIRST NATIONS’ CONCERNS
The French defeat had disturbed almost two hundred years of
alliances and a new instability threatened the interior. For years the First
Nations groups had been using guerrilla tactics to keep British and
American settlers out of their traditional territories. But now the British
occupied all the French forts and new settlers were arriving in greater
numbers.
Part of the success of the French/First Nations alliance lay in the fact
that the French were traders and soldiers – they inhabited the land the
way the First Nations did, nomadically and seasonally. The English were
settlers who were marking the land into grids, clearing and cultivating
it, moving west, encroaching on the traditional hunting patterns.
(Source: http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP4CH12LE.html)

4. PONTIAC’S COUNCIL
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pontiac_conspiracy.jpg

5. CANADA, A PEOPLE’S HISTORY CLIP 1
• http://youtu.be/MtxmbrBfoLU (Showing: 5:33 – 7:07)

6. CANADA, A PEOPLE’S HISTORY CLIP 2
• http://youtu.be/MtxmbrBfoLU (Showing: 8:29 to end)