Monday, January 18, 2010

Why did the British and French fight over the colonies?
Between 1689 and 1748 England and France were fighting a series of wars in America over territory.

When go to war over the colonies, what group do the French and the British try to get on their side and Why?
The British wanted to take out the French but they knew that they had to have Indians on their side to do that.


Describe the events in the Ohio River Valley that led to the outbreak of war?
Washington defeated small French force but had to surrender when French counter attacked.

How do British turn the tide of war? It turned between 1758 and 1759 when British cut off French shipping to Americas which caused many Indians to shift to British.

Describe Pontiacs Rebellion:
the Indian groups affected rebelled in Pontiac’s Rebellion capturing several British forts.

Describe the aftermath of the French Indian War:
investing the blood and money many British wanted greater control of colonies. In 1754 because of the fighting between colonies. Ben Franklin created Albany Plan of Union to unite colonies but the colonies would not agree because feared loss of autonomy and British rejected because feared to hard to manage.

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