The French and Indian War

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The French and Indian War

Created By: Michael Kelman

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Chief Pontiac (Chief of the Ottawa)

“These lakes these woods and mountains were left to us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance and we will part with them to no one … You ought to know that He, the Great Spirit and Master of Life, has provided food for us in these spacious lakes and on the woody mountains”

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The French and Indian War

The war that raged in North America from 1754 to 1763 was apart of a larger struggle between France and England, known as the Seven Years’ War

Most Native American Indians fought on the side of the French

Although few did fight on the side of the English

The war began when the English became alarmed at the Forts being built by the French in the Ohio River Valley and George Washington’s defeat at Fort Necessity

So the English sent General Edward Braddock commander in chief of the British forces to America to drive the French out of the Ohio Valley

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The French and Indian War

Braddock Marches to Duquesne

June 1755: Braddock sets out from Virginia with about 1,400 red-coated British troops and a smaller number of blue-coated colonial militias including George Washington as one of his aids

Braddock’s army took several weeks to trek through dense forest to Fort Duquesne

They marched in columns and rows, and took time out everyday to sit and have tea

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The French and Indian War Braddock Marches to Duquesne

July 9, 1755: Native American Warriors and French troops ambushed Braddock and his men

The French and Native Americans hid behind trees and fired at the bright uniforms of the British

The British confused and frightened could not even see their attackers

The British lost badly loosing nearly 1,000 soldiers including their Commander in Chief General Edward Braddock

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British Lose to French and Indians During March to Duquesne

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William Trent’s Journal Map of Fort Duquesne/Pitt

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The French and Indian War

1756: The fighting in America leads to the start of a war in Europe between the French and English known as the Seven Years War