Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: French and Indian War
Fifth graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the various factors that caused the French and Indian War.
Digital History
Digital History: The French and Indian War [Pdf]
Read about George Washington's role in the beginning of the French and Indian War, which started in the wilderness of the English colonies and spread to Europe. Was this war a major cause of the American Revolution? Students are asked to...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: The French and Indian War
Learning module with an array of videos, activities and links for students and teachers to explore America's involvement in the Seven Years War between France and Britain, which is also known as the French and Indian War.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The French and Indian War
France and Britain engaged in a succession of wars in Europe and the Caribbean at several intervals in the 18th century. Though Britain secured certain advantages from them -- primarily in the sugar-rich islands of the Caribbean -- the...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Wars, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Five documents representing the full range of Indian-European antagonisms, struggles for power, and outright warfare among the Spanish, Pueblo, Wampanoag, English, and French in New Spain, New France, New Mexico, and New England.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Wars for Empire
This section of a chapter on "The English Empire" describes the wars for empire and analyzes the significance of these conflicts.
Digital History
Digital History: The Seven Years' War
A good overview of the French and Indian War, the part of the Seven Years' War that was fought in North America. Read about the reasons for the war, important battles, and the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: Revolutionary War Weapons
Following the French and Indian War the colonists needed to replenish their supply of weapons. Many things had to fall into place for they could rearm themselves.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: New France
A comprehensive learning module on New France that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include where the French explored and...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Ap u.s. History: Colonial America (1491 1754)
Tom Richey provides a collection of videos, lessons, and assignments to assist with teaching or studying pre-Columbian cultures in the New World through the beginnings of the French and Indian War.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: The American Revolution (1750 1783)
A unit picks up at the start of the French and Indian War and moves through the development of the new government of the United States. Find videos, slideshows, and primary sources.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: American Revolution
A learning module on the American Revolution that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students investigate the question of whether the...
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: The Battle of the Monongahela
A map showing military positions at the start of the Battle of Monongahela in 1755, during the French and Indian War. A feature on the page allows the visitor to listen to and read the accompanying descriptive text in seven different...
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Miami Indians
Learn the exciting story of the Miami Indians and how they became the most powerful Indian tribe in Ohio. Click on underlined words throughout the text to go to links containing related information.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Indians of Pennsylvania
Learn about the Indians of Pennsylvania through this detailed, historical account. Contained in this site are links to audio, video, interactive, and pictorial images of events and people of this era.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Hunters of the Hills by Joseph A. Altsheler
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1916, one work is "The Hunters of the Hills: A Story of the Great French and Indian War," the first volume of the The French and Indian War Series....
A&E Television
History.com: Native American History Timeline
Before Christopher Columbus came to America, the expansive territory was inhabited by Native Americans. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, as more explorers sought to colonize their land, Native Americans responded in various...
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: Geopolitical Powershifts in Affect Life in Nebraska
As European colonists began settling in the Plains conflicts rose and ultimately led to the French and Indian War. These conflicts are outlined here.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Fort Necessity National Battlefield
This site contains pictures of the Fort Necessity battlefield. It also includes a description of the battle between Washington and the French that started the French and Indian War.
Other
Illinois State Museum: At Home in the Heartland Online
Exhibit about family life in Illinois from 1700 to the present lets visitors experience the kinds of changes that an environment can undergo over several hundred years. Uses historical narratives, images of objects, timelines, maps, and...
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: The Gate to Quebec
A detailed description of the Battle of Quebec. It has names, places, and numbers to explain how and why the British won. It ends with a brief description of the terms for the French in the Treaty of Paris.
Other
Museum of Underwater Archaeology: The Sloop Industry
Learn about the cost of maintaining a maritime empire in America by considering the wreck of the British sloop Industry, which sank off the coast of Saint Augustine in 1764. The loss of the ship along with her cargo demonstrates that...
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: Treaty of Paris 1763
Visitors will find a transcript of the text of the Treaty of Paris. The beginning has a long description of the people and countries involved in the Seven Years' War. It goes on to state the terms of the peace treaty for France after...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: New France
An overview of New France, from the time the French first began to explore the area until they ceded Canada to the British (Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763). Includes a discussion of the founding of Quebec City and early maps of the...