French+and+Indian+War

=The French and Indian War – 1754 to1763.=

The American colonies provided a chance for poor Europeans to have freedom and land all their own. Back in Europe they were beholding to the King, to Lords and Dukes, and other elite, powerful people. In America they were relatively free to build their own little farms and to live free from the authority of others. These poor, simple colonists were called yeoman farmers, and by 1754 they had begun to refer to themselves as Americans.

These American yeoman farmers grew and made just about everything they needed. Their lives were hard and they lived in danger. Unlike wealthy colonists who lived in, or near, the big cities such as Boston and Philadelphia, these yeoman farmers lived on the frontier and they lived with the constant threat of Indians. But not all Indians were a threat, some managed to co-exist peacefully with the colonists, at least for a while.

Questions you should be able to answer by the end of the unit:
1. Which two great countries fought each other in the French and Indian War?

2. What did the French hope to gain in the war?

3. What did the American colonists who fought with the British hope to gain and how did they hope the British would help them gain it? (two-part answer needed)

4. What did the Indians hope to gain in the war?

5. What did the British hope to gain in the war?

6. Whose help did the British receive?

7. Whose help did the French receive?

8. What was the British attitude toward the American colonists?

9. What was the American colonists attitude toward the British?

10. What differences existed among the Indians?

11. Who lost the war?

12. Who won the war?

Short answer (150 words maximum for each):
1. Briefly explain how George Washington helped start this war, and how Major General James Wolfe helped end it. 2. Briefly explain how this war, which ended just 14 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed, set the stage for the Revolutionary War. 3. Describe a single battle or event during this war and explain its significance. 4. Briefly describe the significance this war had on the lives of the Indians. 5. Briefly describe the style of warfare the British were accustomed to in Europe and how things were different in the colonies, particularly when Indians were involved.