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| Land claims and squabbles in North America |
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| Differences between French and British colonization |
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| French absorbed Native American culture and life. Friendly relations, not displaced Indians, just create fur trade posts, not many big time farmers. Louisiana may have been moderately successful but the interior of America had harsh conditions, nobody wanted to settle there, also French Protestants (HUGUENOTS) weren't allowed to migrate, so population of French land was very low. |
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| Queen Anne's War 1702-1713 |
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| War over Spanish Succession. Spain, France VS Britain. |
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| War of Spanish Succession ends with this series of treaties. |
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| War of Jenkin's Ear (1739-1743) |
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| In peace of Utrecht one term is that Brits get to ship goods + slaves to Spanish colonies for 30 years. Brits exploit this, Spanish suspect this, hatred grows, war breaks out. |
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| King George's War (1744-1748) |
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| War of Austrian succession spawns King George's War, tensions grow even hotter. |
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| French and Indian War (1756-1763) |
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| Starts when settlers cross Appalachian Mountains, French see this as threat, war breaks out, after many battles the English emerge victorious. |
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| Francis Parkman (1823-1893) |
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| *Albany Plan of Union, Benjamin Franklin |
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President put in by royal crown.
General assembly from different colonies.
Meant to oversee matters of defense, Indian relations, taxes for these matters, and trade/settlement of the West. |
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| Superior General of George Washington, he tried taking Fort Duquesne but was ambushed, he died. |
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| Prime Minister of England at the time. |
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Fort Duquesne was built on a strategic fork, River Allegheny and Monongahela met to form Ohio.
Fort Pitt was built at same site, Fort Duquesne was burned after French flee after seeing superior English forces advancing. |
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| Wolfe leads a surprise attack against Quebec during French Indian War, he takes city, but dies in combat. |
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| French and Indian War officially ends, Brits take all of New France east of Mississipi and West Indies islands, and Spanish Florida. |
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| Pontaic leads Native Americans of Great Lakes region against British, upset at Brit policy, and French allies booted out of New France. |
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| Law = You cannot cross Appalachian Mountains. Meant to prevent war from breaking out again like French Indian War over land claims. |
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