REVIEW 3: 1754 TO 1781

I. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754 - 1763)

A. Albany Congress (1754): purpose to coordinate the defense of the
colonies; Plan of Union would have established an intercolonial
legislature but it was rejected by the provincial governments.

B. Causes: 1) Conflict between French and English in the Ohio Valley;
2) Struggle for control of the fur trade

C. Fort Necessity, Acadians, Battle of Quebec (1759)

D. Treaty of Paris (1763): England got French possessions and Florida
(from Spain, ally of France), France ceded Louisiana to Spain

E. Effects: 1) balance of power changed; 2) expansion of English
territory; 3) English debt grew; 4) colonists became less dependent
on England for defense; 5) preservation of English ideas, language,
and culture; 6) colonial disdain for English soldiers; 7) Indians
could no longer play the French off against the English;8) Pontiac's
Rebellion (1763-66), Paxton Raids (1763); 9) Proclamation of 1763

II. STEPS TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: See Handout - Road to War

III. WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE: See Handout - Battles of the Am.Rev., Maps

A. First Battles: Lexington and Concord (Mass.), April 19, 1775

B. Turning Point: Battle of Saratoga (New York), October 17, 1777,
after this battle France gives full support to the colonists
including military aid

C. Last Battle: Yorktown (Virginia), October 19, 1781, Cornwallis
surrenders to Washington

IV. TREATY OF PARIS (September 3, 1783)

A. Americans granted unconditional independence.

B. Americans granted unlimited fishing rights off coast of Newfoundland.

C. Boundaries Set: North to Canada; South to the 31st. parallel;
West to the Mississippi. (See Atlas)

D. Florida returned to Spain.