FRANCE AND BRITAIN CLASH

BRITISH-FRENCH RIVALRY

• They attacked each other because they went on each other's land.
• They did this to take control of North America.

NATIVE AMERICANS TAKE SIDES

• The French only wanted to gain fur for fur trading.
• The French married Native American women and followed their customs.
• The French converted, or changed the Native American's religion.
• The Native Americans fought the. British along side the French.

THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY

• Most powerful Native American group
• The Iroquois nation includes the following five nations
• The Mohawk, the Seneca, the Cayuga, the Onondaga, and the Oneida.
• They took over the Great Lakes by turning the French and British against each other.
• The Iroquois became Britain's ally, after the British made the Iroquois move to the Ohio Valley.

AMERICAN cOLONISTS tAKE ACTION

• Virginians wanted to settle the Ohio Valley.
• In 1753 the governor sent George Washington to survey the land.
• Washington was 21 years old.
• He was going to tell the French to leave the native American's land.
• They were determined to complete their design, or plan.

WASHINGTON'S FIRST COMMAND (pART 1)

• He became a lieutenant colonel in the spring of 1754.
• He was sent back to Ohio to take it over.
• He was sent with a militia, or group of civilians who were trained to fight.
• He was sent to build a fort at the site of present day Pittsburg.
• The French had already taken that idea, however.

WASHINGTON'S FIRST COMMAND (PART 2)

• Washington established a smaller fort.
• Although outnumbered, Washington and his men attacked!
• The French forced them to surrender.
• The British soldiers were later released and returned to Virginia.
• The colonists considered Washington a hero even though he lost.

THE ALBANY PLAN OF UNION (PART 2)

• In 1754 representatives from several colonies met in Albany.
• They wanted to find ways to defend themselves against the British.
• They also wanted to convince the Iroquois to join the British.
• The representatives adapted the Albany plan of Union.
• The plan was created by Benjamin Franklin.

THE ALBANY PLAN OF UNION (PART 2)

• Not a single colony approved of the plan.
• The plan failed to unite the colonies.
• The. French and Indian war soon broke out.