French and Indian War Era, 1750-1763 | Britain, France, & North America | Amherst & Montcalm

This program covers the French and Indian War period, the years 1750-1763. The French and Indian War began in 1754.
The French and Indian War is a critical period in American colonial history. It resulted in Britain removing French colonies and posts from North America.
In 1750, France had a large trading system with Native Americans that stretched from the St. Lawrence River across Canada, the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.
However, the British were entering the Ohio Valley. George Croghan and Christopher Gist were founding trading posts at places like Logstown in Pennsylvania and Pickawillany in the Ohio country. By 1750, France and Britain are converging on the Forks of the Ohio, the site of modern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The French have built a chain of forts down from Lake Erie in 1753, including Fort Presque Isle, Fort Le Boeuf, and Fort Machault. In 1754, the British send George Washington to assist the Ohio Company in building a fort at the Ohio Forks.
However, when Washington is at Will's Creek, in Cumberland, Maryland, he learns that the Forks have been occupied by the French. He nevertheless presses on. He skirmishes with the French at Jumonville Glen, resulting in the death of Jumonville, a French official. The French and Indians counterattack, defeating Washington at Fort Necessity.
In 1755, the British attempt to take Fort Duquesne at the Forks of the Ohio. Braddock leads the redcoats through the woods, but they are destroyed.
The French and Natives, including Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Huron (Wyandot) warriors attack settlements in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
In 1757, the French general Montcalm takes Fort William Henry on Lake George in New York. An ambush on the retreating British en route to Fort Edward will be remembered in James Fenimore Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans."
In 1758, William Pitt, a British statesman, emerges as a major strategist. He presses for a three-pronged attack on the French, including a renewed effort against Fort Duquesne, a counterattack on Lake George and Lake Champlain, and an effort against Fortress Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island.
General Forbes secures Fort Duquesne, which will become Fort Pitt. General Amherst secures Louisbourg in Canada. However, Montcalm stops Abercromby (or Abercrombie) at Fort Carillon in New York.
1759 is the year of miracles for the British. Quebec falls to Wolfe.
In 1760, the British converge on Montreal. The Governor-General of Canada, Vaudreuil, surrenders.
The French and Indian War in North America is over. However, the Seven Year's War, as it is known in Europe, continues. Britain is sided with Prussia and Hanover, while France, Spain, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony are allied on the other side.
Fighting in the Americas continues in the Caribbean. Britain seizes French Guadeloupe and Martinique. Britain also seizes Havana in Cuba.
In 1763, George III assumes the throne. Peace is secured in Paris. Britain acquires French North America east of the Mississippi. Spain assumes France's western holdings and New Orleans. Britain returns Cuba to Spain, and the sugar islands also go back to France.
Pontiac leads an inter-tribal alliance against the British. Pontiac's Rebellion of 1763 sees many British forts under attack. Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt push back the attacks. However, George III wants peace. He issues a Proclamation of 1763 which forbids white settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
This film was created by Jeffrey Meyer, Librarian and Historian
Music Credits:
"A Ghost Town" by Quincas Moreira
"Dead Forest" by Brian Bolger

[@jamesbarton1969]

As usual you bring much clarity to a chaotic situation previously only seen as disparate actions.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks for watching!

[@gr500music6]

This was simply great, Jeffrey. Hard work well done yet again - organizing a lot of data through a focus on sequence and geography. Thanks!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks! The theatres are often broken up into different book chapters but they are all happening simultaneously.

[@vanhall8253]

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[@martinadams8877]

i'm from the uk and i have always wanted this kind of history lesson on the colonizing of North America. I have watched your videos from the 1500's to 1763 and i finally understand what went on and i find it fascinating. i really hope you continue with a post 1763 video and i would also love to know more of the ongoing colonizing of the west. well done for this effort and thank you.

[@stefkadank-derpjr1453]

Martin...isn't it interesting. I'm 58 and learned this history in the 8th grade (age 14) I just hate that I wasn't interested then. I just would memorize names and dates....sometimes by wearing a long sleeved shirt and writing a few cheat hints on my wrist. I just recently did a family tree and the "Bolton" side of my family traces all the way back from England to Virginia in 1640! So now of course I have the names of family members and dates and towns where they were living....so of course I have become super interested in this History.

[@kbrewski1]

You might not like the next chapter in this history lesson Martin! 😉 😂

[@jonathanlochridge9462]

Yeah, Although a lot of time the detail given is a lot less than this guy gives though. I think having the visual and spacial element of showing the locations on the map with the date makes their significance easier to discern. If it is just dates and events then trying to figure out why they matter can be difficult. Overall, diving deeping can be cool. Although, often studying particular things can miss the geographic and time-based context I did find that kind of thing easier to remember. I remember my middle school papers better than I do the dates and such of events. Interest and showing why something is important is valuable. @@stefkadank-derpjr1453

[@rebeccamd7903]

@@stefkadank-derpjr1453you sound like me. It wasn’t interesting because we couldn’t connect to it. Turns out my dad’s tree goes back to the first Jamestown Europeans, Africans, and Natives. So compelling to understand how this impacts my family now. 🤯

[@btbb3726]

Nice video. Thank You! I live in SW PA. When I visit my friend’s farm some 50mi southeast of me I go through Uniontown and then take route 40 (the Old National Pike) and pass Jumonville retreat, Braddock’s Grave/Fort Necessity, and Washington’s Tavern.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Excellent. I grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. Go Penguins!

[@frankpienkosky5688]

Braddock was buried in the road and the army marched over him so the indians wouldn't discover the burial site and dig up the body and desecrate it....wasn't until the early 20th century and the construction of route 40 that the body was found and moved to its current site alongside the road....

[@dorseykindler9544]

I grew up in Wheeling and used to road bike that section of Rt. 40. Too many interesting historical markers to count.

[@lokys936]

Keep going bro 👊 Can't wait for the next episode. :)

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Much appreciated!

[@holahovito11]

@@JeffreytheLibrarian When is next episode

[@MuffHam]

There's a mod for Mount and Blade Warband where you can play (The French and Indian War).

[@automaticmattywhack1470]

Another excellent video! Why don't you license these videos to high school teachers? You're teaching 11 weeks of information in a 34 minute video.

[@smg-mtg1924]

Let them know! I'm sure the channel will love it.

[@lynnfisher3037]

I don't imagine the schoolboard leftists would be interested in the truth. If only you could discover that Washington was transgender and used the pronoun 'we, them when referring to himself THEN your videos might have a chance.

[@unitedwestand5100]

You're a moron! Here's a clue for you. In Canada this war is called "The 7 Years War.' Regardless of the name it is the same war, and although ignored in this video, involved the same abuse of the native Americans to divide the tribes, and use them to fight their war. Here's another clue; the posted dates. It's an obvious clue that someone has posted numerous KZbin videos, edited for historical revision and Negationism. Do you really want that taught in schools?

[@demonmonsterdave]

If teachers used this they would have to think of nearly 11 weeks of educational activities for their classes, as well as needing to explain all that to the head teacher and higher level bureaucrats. It's a detriment to promotion, almost certainly against "du roolz" and how does a poor teacher feed her family after she is fired for actually educating young people? Not worth the risks. Read the textbooks to the class slowly and only answer one question a week so that you can manage your time and make sure they only know the answers needed to pass "du eggzam".

[@stefkadank-derpjr1453]

100% correct

[@rachellemendez5525]

Thank you for teaching this 3rd grade teacher! My class is moving into 'Life in the Colonies' and I watched your series to gain knowledge before I attempt to teach. I love your color-coded maps and easy to follow sequence of events. Thank you!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you for the nice note! I think it's great that you are teaching the class about colonial times. That's really neat.

[@Senor0Droolcup]

This channel just gets better and better and better. This video does the best job of using maps to explain why the French and Indian war happened. Marvelous job.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you so much!

[@donofon101]

A touching ancestry moment at 26:00 when Wolfe's forces round the Gaspe down to Quebec. One of my 4 grandparents was a Collins and directly descended from Wolfe's navigator and aide de camp. Sir John Collins accepted a land grant near Kingston Ontario and his name lives on due to a notorious prison at Collins Bay.

[@sebastienhardinger4149]

Another fantastic video, thank you

[@aloyisiuspeters8913]

After the War, the French also kept the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, just off the coast of Newfoundland, as a guarantee of having good fishing grounds in that north Atlantic area.

[@EdinburghFive]

France did not keep Saint-Pierre and Miquelon at the end of the Seven Years War. France had ceded the island to the British in 1713. Britain ceded the islands back to France at the end of the Seven Years War to allow France to exploit fishing rights it maintained in the Gulf of St Lawrence.

[@stephenmichalski2643]

👍👍👍Excellent presentation 👍👍👍

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@curtisblake261]

Bravo on the series! I'm sure many viewers like me watch the videos with preconceived notions, family lore, and genealogy in mind, and we don't want to skip anything. Well done.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you! That means a lot to me.

[@smujer1]

Very informative. Loved hearing more details than I learned in grade school. Thank you.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@joshhoffman1975]

Really great series, highly informative, and brilliantly presented, thanks! 😃🤗

[@phoenix3992]

These videos are excellent portrayals of the slow, steady progression of the British, French, & Spanish colonies, and their inevitable conflicts. I would be very interested in a video like this detailing the events up to, and then during the American Revolution.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

The next installment will be coming out in a week or so. Thank you for watching!

[@dwaynestach7651]

Well done..! Living in western PA, I knew some of this.. but, seeing it laid out on a map in a timeline was very informative and entertaining....!

[@dubcheeseburger]

great work

[@JAllenIsaac]

Incredible content; great work!

[@carlcotton1753]

very well done! Thank you

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Absolutely fascinating and so well put together, thank you.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@kathyastrom1315]

This is excellent! I’ve been learning more about this war since starting to research my family genealogy. I found it that a 6th great grandfather Daniel Goodwin had enlisted in Monckton’s New England militia and fought at the capture of Ft. Beausejour/Cumberland and then was stationed at the renamed Ft. Monckton, where he served as a messenger to nearby forts when needed. I also appreciated seeing Louisbourg highlighted on the map. The brother of an 8th great grandmother (different branch of Grandma’s tree than Daniel), William Pepperrell, had led the force that captured that fort in 1745. He was made a Major General in 1755 and had raised forces and trained them as the 51st Regiment of Foot alongside Shirley’s 50th Regiment. These two regiments were the ones defeated by Montcalm at Ft. Oswego in 1756. Pepperrell died in 1759.

[@MrAtsyhere]

My Ancestors would have likely known your ancestors having been from Connecticut and settled in the area under Col Winslow in Kings County. The Home they built there in 1761 is still the (Quiet Garden B&B) I have worked with a Rolly Astrom for over 30 years. A fine guy (Canadian Swede)

[@kubhlaikhan2015]

Did you retrieve that information from military records? I would love to do the same but although I'm British my ancestors in this conflict were French. Perhaps the names, origins and destinations of deportees is recorded somewhere? Mine went to New Orleans via Haiti (I think). If anyone knows of accessible documentation please post.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@kubhlaikhan2015 If your ancestors went to Louisiana via Haiti it appears they may have been among the group that left Nova Scotia with Joseph Broussard (1702-1765), also known as Beausoleil. Technically this small group of Acadians left Nova Scotia willingly and after the closing of the Seven Years War. They are an anomaly amongst the rest of those deported.

[@finlayfraser9952]

Great stuff, thanks! By breaking the events into bite sized pieces a muddy situation becomes, if not exactly transparent, a great deal clearer.

[@ajknaup3530]

I think if the French & Indian Wars seem simple, you're not really getting it! ( :

[@brianfergus839]

Fascinating - well done! Those shots of the trees though lol : )

[@MaverickSeventySeven]

Excellent as usual!!! So comprehensive!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@michaelpenney9692]

Nicely done. My compliments.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@edwardtoner]

Brilliant, keep em coming👍

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

More to come!

[@bb5242]

Having grown up in Upstate NY and having an ancestor who served in the militia during the F&I war, this war is in many ways far more palpable to me than the American Revolution. I visited Ft. Ticonderoga and the somewhat more touristy Ft. WIlliam Henry as a kid probably every summer. Much of NY State has this living history you can still feel today if you know where to look. I never really understood the battles in that war until I watched this video. I vaguely understood that the French came down from what is today Canada and had those forts but I didn't know how they changed hands and how the war was nearly lost by the English.

[@johnking6252]

Excellent presentation. It put together some elements that were left hanging in my understanding of the conflict. Much appreciated thx. 👍

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks!

[@markmarco2880]

What a brutal time. Thank you. And thank goodness for the Age of Enlightenment.

[@DonaldKDever]

The aerial view helps us to understand. Great work 👏

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@shawngallagher6815]

Amazing video, thank you!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@Smitty753]

Great video I'm from Pittsburgh PA and me and learned about the French and Indian War it's a nice refresher and goes more into detail appreciate the video

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

I grew up in the North Hills area myself. Go Pens!

[@jnlaf]

Very enjoyable and nicely done...

[@edwardlulofs444]

Very good, thanks.

[@cyrusparker6725]

Nicely done. Especially the concise use of maps and 'zoom out' for visual context. Our 8xG-Grandfather Archelaus Dwinell died in with Mass Militia on Abercrombie's disastrous 1758 assault on Ft Carillion. Would be glad to add some actual video of the Lake George /Lake Champlain area for brief edits if you'd ever like.

[@That_Guy_Outside]

These really are just fantastic. Thank you so much!!!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@Martinit0]

Great work!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@nancychandler3673]

This is so interesting. Looking forward to filling in the gaps of my own family history. Thanks for this!!

[@davidmccann9811]

I lived in the same town that General Wolfe came from and his house is preserved as a museum.

[@richardduplessis1090]

Very informative and very interesting.

[@ajknaup3530]

Jeffrey does the best job of laying out the French & Indian Wars I've seen yet. A foundational aspect of our American history: all of North America.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@The5thGen]

Very interesting and easy to follow.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Much appreciated!

[@Jesse-cx4si]

These uploads are more accurate and informative than most schtuff on the “history” channel, et al. 👍 I even find the, at times, somewhat dry delivery to be relaxing. ☺️ Keep ‘em coming, JtL!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you, friend!

[@mikemitch3425]

I just watched all the videos in this series! I love it, and I want more! Are you going to keep going forward on the timeline?!?!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Yes, I am going to keep going forward!

[@noelpope1270]

Well researched , informative and Very Educational . Great 👍 Job .

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you so much!

[@David-wk6md]

Good stuff Maynard

[@StooTV]

Excellent summary and I loved the maps! Cheers from Montreal.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you! Canada is a lovely country.

[@johnmagee8272]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamesbinns8528]

Thank you so much!

[@Squatch_Rider66]

Great presentation about how all localized conflict affected the international control of North America

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you, sir!

[@peterfeltham5612]

Very educational,and so informative.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Much appreciated!

[@CraigDOrsay]

Thank you for including Annapolis Royal.

[@truaxe815]

Great video overall. Would've liked to see more smaller skirmishes get mentioned like Battles on Snowshoes and the Raid on St. Francis.

[@Marlene-zj1ke]

Wow, well done!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@wingng4048]

Good job 👍

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@simonpius383]

Thoroughly enjoy this -- apparently the third episode of American Colonial history. Thank you for this work! A bit baffled, though, by some of the still images on screen that are quite disconnected from the verbal lecture.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks for the feedback. Which still images were the most confusing? I try to match them up with the text. I throw in the nature scenes to mix it up, but the still images should align.

[@simonpius383]

@@JeffreytheLibrarian Hi - It's some of the nature images that made me wonder "how do they relate?" I recall images of trees and what appears to be a partial moon ... The images of paintings etc worked well for me. Thanks again for this outstanding work!

[@ajknaup3530]

@@JeffreytheLibrarian The one which confused me was the use of the "Don't Tread on Me" snake with the 13 Colonies being posted while the Settlers were standing with the British against the French. ( :

[@kevinjenkins2706]

Well explained.

[@CRange-bh3tb]

Ur videos are excellent!! As a history major, I truly appreciate your detail.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@RD-jd3yh]

Excellent.

[@susanschaffner4422]

Very good. Nothing like having maps to refer to events. I love reading, but your presentation gives clarity.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@ElbowShouldersen]

Thanks for the video.... Your 1750 map excludes the important 'Pays des Illinois' settlements and forts; e.g., Cahokia (1699), Kaskaskia (1703), Ft. Chartres (1720), etc... Of course, after the war, these places declined in importance as St. Louis (1763) was then founded on the west side of the river, since that side had not been ceded to the British.

[@kbrewski1]

St. Genevieve Missouri was the very first European settlement West of the Mississippi circa 1740, right across the river from those Illinois ones. Then St Louis from there.

[@ElbowShouldersen]

@@kbrewski1 After the war many of the French people on the east side of the river moved across to Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis... In fact, St. Louis was founded for that reason.

[@kbrewski1]

@@ElbowShouldersen They knew a good thing when they saw it!

[@fasx56]

Thank you for the very detailed explanation of the French and Indian War. Your Narration was clear, precise and easy to hear and understand even for us older folks. The bloody details of what happened to any British Soldier or Frontier Family captured by the Indians was not necessary. Using the Maps as you did and detailed history with dates sure helped your viewers.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@thattimestampguy]

Collision Course The French And Indian War 1754-1763 0:29 1750, Britain 🇬🇧 France 🇫🇷 and Spain 🇪🇸 all hold land in America. 0:56 40,000 French and some 1 Million British subjects. 1:52 The Ohio River 2:30 Colonial Pennsylvania is growing. 3:11 The French have seen English settlers moving West. 4:17 The Ohio Company headed by Christopher Gist 4:55 The Delaware and Shawnee move west and join The French side *Before The French & Indian War* 6:14 Spring 1753 France starts building forts in Ohio River region 6:55 November 1753 George Washington claims they are trespassing on English territory 8:18 April 1754, May 1754. May 28th 1754 Washington’s 1st battle 9:06 June 1754 Fort Necessity is built 9:37 Albany Congress provides a precursor to Continental Congresses to come. 9:47 July 3rd 1754 Washington Surrenders. Acknowledges his assassination of Ju Monville *Britain’s Response To France’s Victory* 10:30 11:44 _The Carolinas and Georgia are not involved in The French and Indian War because they are too geographically distant from the conflict in Ohio Great Lakes region & [New Brunswick] Canada_ 12:20 Britain 🇬🇧 captures 2 French Forts in Canada, and 12:44 *French Diaspora* the British deport the French from the lands. 13:39 French and Indian Raids. 15:22 15:44 Quaker Pacifism erupts as warfare violence enters Pennsylvania 16:16 Fort Oswego & Fort Bull of Central New York *The Seven Years War in Europe* 17:23 Britain 🇬🇧 & Prussia & Hanover 🇩🇪 vs France 🇫🇷 & Austria 🇦🇹 & Sweden 🇸🇪 & Spain 🇪🇸 19:23 The Siege of Fort William Henry 20:22 Montcalm burns Fort William Henry 21:12 Louden OUT, Abercrombie in. 🇬🇧 *Spring 1758: Britain’s 3 Theater Front* 22:00 Ohio -🇬🇧Forbes Central NY - 🇬🇧Bradstreet Nova Scotia - 🇬🇧Amherst 25:25 The French burn down Ft. Duquesne because they lack a sufficient defense to defend it. 🔥 🪵 25:55 General Wolfe 🇬🇧 reinforces the British with an attack in Nova Scotia. 27:50 Amherst consolidates captured French Forts *The Triple Attack on Montreal* in 1760 28:55 Murray from Quebec, Amherst from Lake Erie, Haviland from Northern New York *The Caribbean Sugar Islands* 🏝️ 30:40 Britain 🇬🇧 capture Guadeloupe & Martinique 31:18 The British capture Havana after a costly battle. 31:23 February 10th, 1763. Great Britain 🇬🇧 makes concessions to bring peace amongst European powers. 32:30 Pontiac’s Rebellion S1763 *War Debt is Staggering; No More Westward Expansion is what the king decrees* 33:21 Proclamation line of 1763. Encouragement of cooperation with native tribes.

[@msmeltzer1]

This summarization was excellent. Really loved it. I only wish you could have added a bit about the Rangers and their involvement. Good Stuff.

[@jmdjohn1931]

Fantastic!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@chrisw9474]

Really nice job here

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@Research0digo]

Thank you.

[@josephbrosk4384]

Excellent story-telling! I live in the area of Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence & know these place names well. Your presentation is superb. Thank you!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you! That means a lot to me.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

Fun fact: in Pennsylvania we pronounce Dubois as "Doo-boys", North Versailles as "north Versayles" but we apply French pronunciation to Duquesne rather than call it "Dookwesnee".

[@ajknaup3530]

Pennsylvanians: practical as always ( :

[@johns3106]

Another fun fact…Duboistown (near Williamsport PA) is pronounced “du-BOYS-town”. I grew up nearby, and always thought it was “weird” that the more western town had the emphasis on the FIRST syllable “DOO-boys”. You just never know about those Pennsylvanians…

[@ronfroehlich4697]

@@johns3106 That is definitely kind of weird. I'll keep that in mind if I'm ever passing through.

[@HemlockRidge]

Wonderful and informed video. As an amateur military historian, my knowledge of The French and Indian War was lacking. You really filled in the gaps for me. Thank you.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks for watching!

[@dreonphlatamus]

Awesome story telling voice / so the Librarian tone is no problem ;)

[@marshfilm]

Great stuff! I live on the border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. I can practically see Fort Beausejour from my house. Fort Cumberland was always called Fort Lawrence (in my lifetime), I'm assuming I'll learn about how that happens in one of the next instalments.

[@EdinburghFive]

You may be a bit mixed up - Fort Lawrence was always called Fort Lawrence. Fort Beauséjour was renamed Fort Cumberland after it was captured by the British. Fort Lawrence then became redundant and it was destroyed by the British in 1756 to keep it out of the hands of French troops, and Mi'kmaq and Acadians militias.

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

EXCEPTIONAL ! ! ! THANKS ! ! ! 🙂😎👍

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@jonathanlochridge9462]

Great video. Really detailed and visual. I also like your videos about 50-year periods. I would love to see 1-2 videos covering the periods between the revolutionary war and the civil war. Seeing the founding of various cities in the early western expansion could be very illuminating.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you! I am currently doing the Revolution. It's in the works, and it will take some time. But it's coming.

[@jonathanlochridge9462]

Cool! I am about the take a college level US. History course. So, I am getting started on learning extra. I love history but so far I have studied more world and ancient history. I have studied the early colonization a bit more. And have read biographies of a lot of major figures like William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and others. I am particularly curious about the patterns of settlement. And I am hoping to maybe make a paper focused on the history of a single city in the US. and how it ties into broader earlier American history. As city history is one of my favorite types. I actually work for an urbanist KZbin channel. So, I hopefully might be able to repurpose some of my school papers. And use that as an extra motivation to go even deeper. I am heavily considering going deeper into the history of Pittsborough. Or Fort Pitt. I have also considered studying the non-Canadian french colonies more specifically Such as Lousianna and trying to tell how much of an impact they made on Ohio. Studying the french perspective of the "7 years war" also seems like an interesting idea. Although, Since I don't speak french that might be a little difficult. I might be able to find translations. I have also been looking for information about the particular tribes involved in the war as well. I am not 100% sure yet though. @@JeffreytheLibrarian

[@jonathanlochridge9462]

Doing the revolution is really cool too! Your approach gives really good visuals. A lot of time the same atlas pictures get dug up whenever someone is discussing the time and map based elements of these events. So this presentation made things a lot more clear. @@JeffreytheLibrarian

[@stevem7736]

Thanks!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Very generous!

[@Morgs914]

Spectacular video (except for your pronunciation of Schenectady-near my hometown & Fort Carillon). Going to look for more of your work!!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

I'm a Pennsylvanian, so I saw the "Sch" and assumed it was a German "sh". I have since learned the Dutch say "sk". I am working on the Revolution now, so I know now how to say "Schenectady" and "Schulyer".

[@Morgs914]

@@JeffreytheLibrarian haha all good and honestly shouldn’t let it be. Thought you might like to know.

[@EdinburghFive]

Excellent video. The map is a little bit inaccurate. What is known as Prince Edward Island was French territory, as was New Brunswick and Maine to the Kennebec River. The Acadians who end up in Louisiana do so in the 1760s, after the close of the Seven Years War with the largest group arriving there in the 1780s. The deportations of Acadian continues until the end of the Seven Years War, taking Acadians not only to the other American North American colonies but also to England and to France. Fighting continues across Acadian/Nova Scotia throughout the remainder of the Seven Years War. A substantial British force and ships remain at Halifax in 1757 and prepare for an assault against Louisbourg in the spring of 1758.

[@benjaminrush4443]

Continues on with a Good Story. Thanks.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@elizabethpotter6189]

Very very good

[@wignet]

As a Southwestern New Yorker, I really appreciate this presentation 👏

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you, New York!

[@kentpaynter1350]

Excellent job. Only 1 complaint. I think you should just leave the map showing and forget those random pictures. They were very distracting for me. Thanks for the hard work!!

[@raymondmerchant988]

I lived in Johnstown, NY I loved the history of Saratoga, Saranack, Lake George, and Mohawk Valley. It's a beautiful area.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

It's pretty up there. Lake towns have so much to offer.

[@richardcompoe9778]

I'm French Canadian and I am very proud of my nationality

[@c39v26]

You should be! A very hearty people!

[@andyshuttleworth8341]

Geoff Whitehorn holds it all together. One of England least known, least appreciated, most capable and most underated guitarists. Geoff you rock you always have from If to the Who to Procal Harum and many other. Great to see you here.

[@jellycream1964]

Huh?

[@jeanculot7095]

Great video except one cannot speak of Canada before July 1, 1867 (foundation). It was from 1791 that Upper-Canada and Low-Canada (Quebec) were founded. Upper Canada was the primary destination of Loyalist refugees and settlers from the United States after the American Revolution, who often were granted land to settle in Upper Canada

[@EdinburghFive]

Yes you can indeed talk about Canada before 1867. During the French regime in the 1600s and 1700s the area along the St Lawrence in New France was referred to as Canada and the French born there were known as Canadien (Canadian).

[@repost9581]

Great video. I'm 43 and from Hawaii educational system. I know of the French-Indian War, but this ties it all together. This is what youtube was meant to do. Thank you.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@petergreen379]

Your channel is, in my humble opinion, the finest expression of history and presentation of an historian on the internet Any of your videos is time well spent. If you are ever in the Niagara Falls area please let me know - I'd love to arrange an appearance for you (Niagara Falls, US side).

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

I appreciate it! Thank you for the invitation.

[@MrLemonbaby]

Very well done Jeffrey. I read some years ago that the British, at the end of the war had a choice, to keep the sugar isles or Canada. It was seen by some in Britain that if Canada was the choice, thus removing the French and Indian threat, there was no way the colonists could be forced to remain east of the Appalachians. The astonishing increase in the colonial population, the expansion westward and... well, the rest is history.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@user-nw2qo1im9u]

awesome

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@QuizmasterLaw]

This is really excellent and should be part of middle school curricula in North America.

[@kbrewski1]

Other than the Last of the Mohicans theatrical motion picture starring Daniel Day Lewis, which I thought was well done although obviously romanticized and heavily simplified (but good scenery), do you have any other film recommendations or probably better, historical documentary recommendations that are on DVD/blu ray that lay out the history of the F&I War?

[@frankpienkosky5688]

so... was Monroe's retreating force savagely attacked as shown in the movie?....or just harrassed by the indians as i've heard in other accounts?

[@1rwjwith]

Real History…this is what should be taught.

[@brucemooney1277]

As a French Canadian with ancestry dating back to the 17th century in the St-Lawrence valley, I feel biaised towards the French and its a pain to watch haha

[@simonestreeter1518]

Thanks for this. I would have liked a little more on how the war ended in Europe, and what the ramifications of the treaty would end up being.

[@Rowlph8888]

European section of 7 years War, is wide and savage, but The changes in the status quo are not monumental, except for the act of the late emergence of a new Russian Czar, who pulled Russia away from attacking Prussia, who then Managed an unlikely Survival, resulting in them becoming the Clear dominant of the small German states going forwards, which was the clear catalyst for a unified Germany a century later. *Britain leaving France with the sugar plantations, enables French elites, "enraged" by the catastropheof this war to focus most of the proceeds into updating the French Navy and enables effective support of the colonists in the war of independence later, along with Spain.Without this error, the French would never have been able to mount an effective support in the war of independence would have been won by the British easily… Then when they became industrialised a few decades later, they would have steam powered Gunships, only 2 of which was Enough to bring Imperial China to its knees in the opium Wars.This would ensure that there would be no War of Independence in the Next few centuries as Britain would keep the secrets of industrialisation, far more covert, due to the need for national security following the failed uprising.

[@simonestreeter1518]

This is interesting, thank you. I would argue that the British did not keep the secrets of industrialization, quite the contrary. I have a book from the 1920s decrying how the Anglosphere was giving away the secrets to the East, in fact. I'm not sure which war of independence you think has been prevented for a 'few centuries' but the real control has gone to a superstate of fintech industry that is not supportive of national sovereignty for any nation. Or nearly.@@Rowlph8888

[@frankpienkosky5688]

It's Baden, (PA)....not Boden...just a mile down the road where I routinely get my morning coffee...the Logstown portion of Aliquippa today is across the river from where the large indian village used to be....

[@kevinpresley3136]

Thank you for a very informative video.Not much talk about this war.A very crucial time in our history.This eventually led to the Revolutionary War with secured our independence from Great Britain.And the rest is history.

[@jasonbrown372]

And the rest is genocide.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

@@jasonbrown372 Amherst gets the credit...(or the blame)... for giving those smallpox infested blankets to the indians....even if there's no hard evidence he ever did it

[@kbrewski1]

I have to admit, I didn't remember or never knew that young Washington lost those first battles in the F&I War. Maybe he learned lessons in those defeats that helped him lead in the Revolutionary War. I always wondered why the English with their superior Naval power didn't immediately move to block the St.Lawrence Seaway to stop any French shipments, food, resources. Seems to me they could have shortened that War quite a bit more. The interesting thing about viewing this overview is you can see how the Northeastern colonies would have become more cooperative with each other and self reliant on their abilities to defend their territories, and trained in battle. So ironically, fighting for the English Crown against the French and Indians only helped them realize "why are the English an ocean away telling us how to govern, pay taxes to, etc". The colonists were ready to become self sustaining. And the Southern colonies, who weren't really involved in the F&I War, were doing just fine with their tobacco and crop plantations, and their slave trade, and thus later those Southern colonies were less enthusiastic about breaking away from England and declaring Independence.

[@cciliefaber1230]

When is the next episode coming out!?

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

I am working on a Civil War video now, but I will have a short colonial video out in a few weeks. The next big colonial video might be in January or so.