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A Century of Warfare

A Century of Warfare. Mr. Sandford AP History. English Foreign Policy. After colonial survival had been assured, the crown adjusted the English Foreign Policy.

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A Century of Warfare

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  1. A Century of Warfare Mr. Sandford AP History

  2. English Foreign Policy • After colonial survival had been assured, the crown adjusted the English Foreign Policy. • It’s new aim was to limit the expansion of French influence in North America. This “limit” would help GB in their aim of mercantilism. • This new policy led to a dramatic changes to the North American history. • They decided who controlled North America.

  3. The four wars between the European powers in 1689 - 1763, looked like a single war to the colonists. • By the end of the four conflicts, the colonists saw themselves as Americans not British. • The “balance of power” was ended, which impacted all aspect of life in the colonies.

  4. King William’s War 1689 - 1697 • Frontier attacks on the British colonies (Native Americans) • GB took Annapolis Royal. • The British were unable to take Quebec. • Treaty of Ryswick (1697) was short-lived. King William http://www.newgenevacenter.org/portrait/william-iii.jpg

  5. Queen Anne’s War 1702 - 1713 • This war corresponds to the War of Spanish Succession – in Europe. • The French and the Native Americans raided (1704) Deerfield, Mass. • Britain again failed to take Quebec. They were successful in taking areas in Maine. • After the signing the treaty, GB obtained Nova Scotia. Queen Anne http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Queen+Anne+Stuart

  6. King George’s War 1744 - 1748 • A War broke out between GB and Spain, and shifted to a conflict against GB and France, the War for Austrian Succession. • In Europe, many alliances existed between royal families and relatives. • GB tried to take Caribbean property from Spain. • New Englanders attacked Canada.

  7. A group of New Englanders, supported by GB navy, captured Louisburg in 1745. • This divided New France into two, securing their defeat in North America. • Great Britain was loosing the war to France in other parts of the world and in the Peace Treaty, handed Louisburg back to the French. • The colonists felt betrayed, weren’t they British?

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