from empire to independance(outline)
I. The Seven Years War In America A. The Albany Conference of 1754 1. Called to confront the growing problem of Indian and new French hostility a. Iroquois settlement high on agenda 2. Made it clear the British colonies were not yet ready to unite in common cause 3. Iroquois walk out 4. Albany Plan of Union rejected B. Colonial Aims and Indian Interests 1. Nova Scotia sold to England 2. A second zone of conflict was the border region between New France and New York. 3. The Ohio Country, the trans-Appalachian region along the Ohio river that became the of British and French attention 4. Conflict between France and England imminent 5. Iroquois confederation neutral a. Individual tribes allied with either side C. Frontier Warfare 1. George Washington forced to surrender his troops to Frenchies 2. Two Irish regiments sent to defeat French fortifications a. led by Braddock 3. Braddock defeated 4. Full scale war between Britain and France 5. Brits unorganized a. Brits cant put forth good counter attack b. Brits being smoked 6. Acadians kicked out a.