french and indian war
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- 1754: The Battle Begins
- No, our land!
- Our land!
- 1754: The Albany Meeting
- Join or die!
- 1757: Pitt to the Rescue!
- Kill them all! Knock down their forts!
- Britain and France both dislike each other, and are competing for riches and power. Specifically the Ohio River Valley for it's natural resources
- 1759: The Attack of Quebec and Montreal
- BURN! BURN!
- The English colonists decline Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union (join or die) to go against the french. At the same time the French got with the Algonquin tribe as allies, which later results in the French and Indian War.
- 1763: The End!
- Goodbye...
- Initially, the French are winning the war. Then, prime minister William Pitt sends the trained British troops to North America, who then take down the french.
- 1763: The Proclamation
- Why are you taxing us so much?!
- Once Quebec and Montreal were attacked by Britain, France gave up and that marked their defeat.
- The war ends with the Treaty of Paris. France is forced to give their land away. This was the end of France.
- Britain is in debt from the war. They tax the colonists without representation, which results in the colonists not trusting Britain.
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