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The seven years war
The document discusses the Seven Years War between the French and English in North America from 1754-1763. It describes how the conflict began over territorial disputes in the Ohio Valley and General Braddock's defeat against the French and Native Americans in 1755. Though the early years of the war went poorly for the British, new Prime Minister William Pitt strengthened Britain's efforts starting in 1757. The British went on to capture key French forts and cities like Quebec and Montreal, defeating the French navy and taking Caribbean colonies to end France's empire in North America by 1763.
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The seven years war
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- 2. Intro to the problem The French and the English began to argue over who owned what in America. The French began building bases in English America.
- 3. British French Fort NecessityFort Duquesne * George Washington * Delaware & Shawnee Indians The Ohio Valley 1754 The First Clash
- 4. Braddock’s Defeat Sothe English sent General Edward Braddock commander in chief of the British forces to America to drive the French out of the OhioValley They marched in columns and rows, and took time out everyday to sit and have tea The French and Native Americans hid behind trees and fired at the bright uniforms of the British The British lost badly loosing nearly 1,000 soldiers including their Commander in Chief General Edward Braddock
- 6. The French andIndian War 1756:The fighting in America leads to the start of a war in Europe between the French and English known as the SevenYears War The first years of the war went terrible for the British and their American colonies The French captured several British forts including forts at Lake Ontario and Lake George France’s Native American allies began staging raids on frontier farms from NewYork to what is nowWestVirginia They killed settlers, burned farmhouses and crops, and chased many families back to the coast
- 7. Fortunes Reverse In1757, expansion advocate William Pitt became the British Prime Minister and vowed to lead country to victory. Pitt concentrated on: expelling the French from NorthAmerica buying the cooperation by the colonists by stimulating the North American economy with a massive infusion of British currency buying the support of the Native Americans with promises of fixed territorial boundaries.
- 8. Fortunes Reverse The greatlyfortified force devastated the Cherokee to the South and began capturing strategic French forts and cutting off their supply lines. The British conquered Quebec in 1759. In 1760, they captured Montreal. In the final years of the war, the British defeated the French Navy and took French colonies in the Caribbean. The French Empire in North America came to an end.
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