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- Introduction
- This is my Land and water!
- No it's mine!
- First Conflict
- War
- A major cause of the French and Indian War were the conflicting claims between Great Britain and France over territory and waterways.
- Bloody War
- I can't believe your shot me!! Over land!
- Historians generally consider the Battle of Jumonville Glen as the opening battle of the French and Indian War in North America, and the start of hostilities in the Ohio valley.
- Outcome
- WE WON!!!!
- The battles of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War, were fought around the globe making the conflict the first truly global war. While fighting began in North America, it soon spread and consumed Europe and colonies as far-flung as India and the Philippines.
- Effects
- Historians estimate that approximately eleven thousand people died during the French and Indian War. Around three thousand people died in battle or as a result of battle wounds, and over ten thousand people died as a result of disease.
- The British had won the French and Indian War. It was a very costly war with a total of about $140 million.
- The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America. France lost its mainland possessions to North America.
- Treaty of Paris
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