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RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT OVER THE NEW WORLD

RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT OVER THE NEW WORLD. In the 1600’s, who owned what?. French- settled the St. Lawrence valley, a few small communities on the east coast of Nova Scotia (Acadia), New Brunswick, fishing grounds on the west coast of Newfoundland, and some areas west

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RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT OVER THE NEW WORLD

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  1. RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT OVER THE NEW WORLD

  2. In the 1600’s, who owned what? • French- settled the St. Lawrence valley, a few small communities on the east coast of Nova Scotia (Acadia), New Brunswick, fishing grounds on the west coast of Newfoundland, and some areas west • France also controlled sugar cane plantations in the West Indies, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Santa Domingo (now Haiti) • English- settled the “13 colonies” along the eastern coast and by 1670 had trading rights to lands drained by Hudson Bay

  3. What were they involved in economically? • French -mostly involved in farming (seigneurial system), fishing, and the fur trade. Attempted to stay on good terms with the Huron and Mi’qmaq tribes • English – mostly involved in urban expansion and commercial development. Although often involved with Iroquois, generally regarded native peoples as a nuisance

  4. Treaty of Utrecht • In Europe in 1689 war broke out between France and England • In 1710, English captured Port-Royal and renamed it Annapolis Royal • 1713- war was ended by the Treaty of Utrecht • France gave up Acadia, Newfoundland, and all claims to fur areas in Hudson Bay and south of the Great Lakes • They kept small parts New Brunswick, P.E.I. And Cape Breton • As a result they were more or less surrounded by the English • Also, they were Catholic and the English were mostly Protestant

  5. As a result… • The sea lanes to the St. Lawrence were under British control • The supply route to New France was jeopardized • The fur trade was jeopardized • So in 1719 France started building a fortress on the northeastern tip of Isle Royale (Cape Breton)-Louisbourg

  6. What did the English do then? • They used the War of the Austrian Succession in Europe as an excuse to blockade Louisbourg, cutting it off from supplies from France • It surrendered to the English in 1745 • But then the War ended in 1748 by the Treaty of Aix-la- Chapelle

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