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Chapter 6: Conflicts in the ColoniesSection 2: Consequences of the French & Indian
War
The Frontier
Initial British settlement occurred near the
coast and rivers
The Frontier
Backcountry—thinly populated area
between the coastal settlements and the
Appalachian Mountains
The Frontier
Pioneers moved into the Ohio Valley because of rich farmland, large forests, and
plentiful wild game.
Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
British replaced the French as the European power in the Ohio Valley following the French &
Indian War
Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
•British believed they were entitled to landed ceded by France
•British wanted to settle lands
Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
Problem!Indians do not recognize treaty with Great Britain
and France.
Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
•Pontaic: Ottawa chief who led the Indian tribes against the British
Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
Pontiac urged Indians to drive away white and abandon European practicesPontiac speaking to
Native Americans
Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
•Pontiac & his followers rebel by attacking British forts.
•May 1763: Indians attack British forts on frontier
•Destroyed/Captured 7 forts in one month
Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
•Pontiac leads attack on Ft Detroit
•British hold out for months
•Indians begin to leave
•Failed attack on Ft. Pitt
•Surrender in 1766
Conflict in the Ohio River Valley
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Proclamation of 1763
•Great Britain’s concerns:–More settlers = more fighting
–Disrupt trade
–Spend more money on defense
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763—banned British
settlement West of the Appalachian
Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
•Create boundary between colonial and Indian lands
•Ordered colonists already in area to return east
Proclamation of 1763
•Difficult to enforce
•People wanted to trade & settle
• Increases tension between colonists and Britain
Causes Effects
Proclamation of 1763