1、The French and Indian War,“You and the French are like two edges of a pair of shears, and we are the cloth that is cut to pieces between them.” Native American to an English man,France Claims Western Lands,French exploring interior of America Late 1600s France had claimed the Ohio River Valley, the

2、Mississippi River Valley, and the great lake region. Louisiana (La Salle) stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains PAGE 132 and 134,French Main Settlements,Quebec and Montreal Located along the St. Lawrence River New Orleans Mississippi River *Why are these settlements so impo

3、rtant?,French Population,1760 NEW FRANCE had about 80,000 people (England had over 1 million) *Why is their such a difference in population?,French were mostly fur trappers who traded with the Natives,Furs, guns, knives, iron pots, etc.,Native American Alliances,*English competed with the French for

4、 furs *Native American groups competed to supply Europeans with furs,Native American Alliances,*The fur trade created economic and military rivalries and alliances between the Native Americans and the Europeans. These alliances between the Natives and Europeans led to their involvement in the war. A

5、lgonquin and Huron sided with the French while the Iroquois became divided,*Conflict in the Ohio River Valley,Seeds of war planted by when British fur traders moved into the Ohio River Valley in the 1750s. British land companies were also planning to settle colonists there.,War Begins and Spreads,To

6、 keep British out of the valley, they destroy a British trading post (Pickawillany) The French then built forts to protect the region linking their Canadian and Louisiana settlements,Virginia Reacts,Send major George Washington to ask the French to leave English build a fort close to present day Pittsburg French seize the fort before they were done and name it Fort Duquesne,“He told me the Country belognd to them, that no English Ma