10/16/12

Assignments:
-Warm Up 55
-French and Indian War notes/presentation - See notes below

The French and Indian War

How did this war lead to changes in the relationship between Britain and the Colonists?

French and English Collide

The “French and Indian War” which officially took place from 1754 to 1763,  was the colonial part of the “Seven Years War” (1756 1763). It was the bloodiest American war in the 1700’s and took more lives than the American Revolution while involving people on three continents, including the Caribbean.

In 1756, John Reynolds was governor of Georgia. He was followed by Henry Ellis and then James Wright.

The war was the product of a clash between the French and English over colonial territory and wealth. In North America, the war can also be seen as a product of the local rivalry between British and French colonists.

A combined force of French soldiers and their native allies overwhelmed the British-held Fort Necessity on July 3, 1754, marking the start of the “French and Indian War” in North America.

However, England did not officially declare war until 1756.

The Native Americans were given weapons by both sides and then urged to attack each other for European benefit.

Towards the end, Spain tried to help France, but it did not affect the outcome of the war.

The End

The French and Indian War ended in 1763 with the British in control.

The 1763 Treaty of Paris, which also ended the European “Seven Years War”, set the terms by which France would surrender. Under the treaty, the British claimed all of the land east of the Mississippi.

Spain received New Orleans and Louisiana from France for trying to assist them during the war.

The British also received Cuba and the Philippines during the war, but traded them for Florida.

North America 1763:

Lasting effects

After the war, Britain faced many problems.

  1. War debt.

  2. Wanted colonies to help pay debt.

  3. Colonists started settling west of the   Appalachian Mountains.

  ^NA began to attack/destroy   British forts in this area

  ^Colonists attacked NA for no   reason

  ^Expensive to defend territory

 

Proclamation of 1763

vto prevent colonists from settling area

vto prevent conflict with the Native Americans

vColonists were angered and continued to move into the area

Georgia:
The Youngest Colony

Ready and Able

to Grow

Changing Borders

1763 the Treaty of Augusta was negotiated with the Creek

Gov. Wright confirmed the border between Creeks and Colonists

Coast south of Savannah River

The land was settled but not surveyed until 1768

Growing

Another treaty in 1773 added two million acres in two areas: North of Augusta and between the Ogeechee and Altamaha Rivers.

By 1776, almost 50,000 people lived in Georgia.