(1) Three European powers controlled territory in North America in the mid-1700s: Britain controlled the eastern coastline, France controlled the interior lands, and Spain controlled Florida and parts of Mexico. (2) Tensions rose as Britain wanted to expand westward into the Ohio River Valley, threatening French territory. (3) The French and Indian War began in 1754 over territorial disputes, with early victories for France such as building Fort Duquesne. (4) After several British defeats, the tide turned with victories like the capture of Louisbourg and Fort Duquesne. (5) By 1759 France lost control of most of its North American territories, culminating in the British victory at the Battle of Quebec and

1. ___/___________________
Mrs. Gander
Social Studies Period ______
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Chapter 5 Lesson 1: The French and Indian War
(1) European Rivals in N. America
* Three European powers had control over North America in the mid-
1700s.
___________ controlled the thirteen colonies and parts of present
day Canada.
___________ controlled the interior.
___________ controlled present day Florida and present Mexico.
Label the map with the correct locations of the European powers.
 The ___________ wanted to expand into the Ohio Valley, the area just
over the _____________________.

2.  France did not want the expansion because they would not be able to
access their lands in Canada and along the Mississippi River.
 The tension increases and both the French and British try to persuade
the Native Americans to join them.
(2) The French and Indian War Begins
 Major ___________________ is first sent to build a fort in the Ohio
River Valley but the French get there first and build Fort Duquesne.
 Washington then goes back to Fort Necessity to surprise attack the
French.
 In the end _________________ and his ______ men are captured and
forced to surrender.
(3) The Albany Congress
 _______ colonial delegates met in Albany, NY to create an alliance with
Iroquois and an united defense.
 __________ proposes Albany Plan of Union.
 The plan tried to create one general government for the colonies,
called a _____________.
 No one wanted it because they did not want to give up their
_____________________.
(4) A String of British Defeats
 _________________________, who had little background fighting in
North America, moves slowly and nosily to Fort Duquesne in 1755.
 He is fatally wounded along with half of his men.
 Washington is almost killed.

3.  Next two years of fighting saw the British losing
______________ near Lake Ontario and ___________________ near
Lake George.
(5) The Tide of Battle Turns
 New British generals capture _______________, the most important for
in French Canada, and Fort Duquesne in __________.
 Fort Duquesne is renamed Fort Pitt for William Pitt the new head of the
British government and which is _________________________.
(6) The Fall of New France
 1759 the French lost ______________, Crown Point, and Fort
Ticonderoga.
 Battle of Quebec – the city was vital for New France to supply their forts
and was very fortified.
 __________________ had troops swim ashore and climb up a cliff at
night to surprise the French.
 __________________ engaged in fighting and saw Britain victorious.
 Quebec surrendered _______________________.
(7) The Treaty of Paris
 Signed _________ and ended the __________ power in North America.
 ________ gained Canada and all lands France controlled east of
Mississippi River, except New Orleans.
 ___________ kept two islands in Gulf of St. Lawrence and its sugar
growing islands in West Indies.

4.  ____________lost Florida (Britain gained) and gained French lands
west of Mississippi River and New Orleans. They also kept their control
of Central and South America.
___/___________________
Mrs. Gander
Social Studies Period ______
___________________________
Chapter 5 Lesson 1: The French and Indian War
(1) European Rivals in N. America
* Three European powers had control over North America in the mid-1700s.
Britain controlled the thirteen colonies and parts of present day Canada.
France controlled the interior.
Spain controlled present day Florida and present Mexico.
Label the map with the correct locations of the European powers.

5.  The British wanted to expand into the Ohio Valley, the area just over the
Appalachian Mountains.
 France did not want the expansion because they would not be able to access their
lands in Canada and along the Mississippi River.
 The tension increases and both the French and British try to persuade the Native
Americans to join them.
(2) The French and Indian War Begins
 Major George Washington is first sent to build a fort in the Ohio River Valley but the
French get there first and build Fort Duquesne.
 Washington then goes back to Fort Necessity to surprise attack the French.
 In the end Washington and his 150 men are captured and forced to surrender.
(3) The Albany Congress
 7 colonial delegates met in Albany, NY to create an alliance with Iroquois and an
united defense.
 Ben Franklin proposes Albany Plan of Union.
 The plan tried to create one general government for the colonies, called a
Grand Council.
BritainFrance
Spain

6.  No one wanted it because they did not want to give up their individual
powers.
(4) A String of British Defeats
 General Braddock, who had little background fighting in North America, moves
slowly and nosily to Fort Duquesne in 1755.
 He is fatally wounded along with half of his men.
 Washington is almost killed.
 Next two years of fighting saw the British losing Fort Oswego near Lake
Ontario and Fort William Henry near Lake George.
(5) The Tide of Battle Turns
 New British generals capture Louisbourg, the most important for in French Canada,
and Fort Duquesne in French Canada.
 Fort Duquesne is renamed Fort Pitt for William Pitt the new head of the British
government and which is present day Pittsburg.
(6) The Fall of New France
 1759 the French lost Fort Niagara, Crown Point, and Fort Ticonderoga.
 Battle of Quebec – the city was vital for New France to supply their forts and was
very fortified.
 British General Wolf had troops swim ashore and climb up a cliff at night to
surprise the French.
 4,000 British troops engaged in fighting and saw Britain victorious.
 Quebec surrendered on September 18, 1759.
(7) The Treaty of Paris
 Signed 1763 and ended the French power in North America.
 Britain gained Canada and all lands France controlled east of Mississippi River,
except New Orleans.
 France kept two islands in Gulf of St. Lawrence and its sugar growing islands in
West Indies.
 Spain lost Florida (Britain gained) and gained French lands west of Mississippi River
and New Orleans. They also kept their control of Central and South America.

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