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Chapter 6………. Wars, Wars and More Wars…. French and Indian War. St Bartholew’s Day Massacre, 1572 10,000 Hugenots massacred. Louis XIV, The Sun King 1643-1715. Champlain’s Explorations including Quebec, 1608. French Distinctives Along rivers: St Lawrence, Ohio, Mississippi
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Chapter 6………. Wars, Wars and More Wars…. French and Indian War
St Bartholew’s Day Massacre, 1572 10,000 Hugenots massacred
Louis XIV, The Sun King 1643-1715
Champlain’s Explorations including Quebec, 1608
French Distinctives • Along rivers: St Lawrence, Ohio, Mississippi • Allied w/ Huron, hated by Iroquois • Autocratic, no representation, no trial by jury of peers • Slow growth rates • Only Catholic families (no Hugenots) • Caribbean Colonies favored by French Government • Fur trapping was primary economic activity • 8. Fur Trapping and Catholicism eased Indian relations
1688-1763 Four World Wars……1688-1763 • King William’s War (1688-97) • Deerfield, Schenectady Massacres • Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) • Brits take over Acadia “Nova Scotia” • King George’s War (1744-1748) • fought in Georgia vs Spain • took over Louisbourg, then returned • French & Indian War (1754-1763) • 7 Years’ War, major British victory • … And 5 more: America was in them all???
War of Jenkin’s Ear
GW, 22 year old kid who sparks a World War at Fort Necessity, 1754
“America was conquered in Germany” -William Pitt
Terms and Names from the F&I War……….. • Edward Braddock, Fort Duquesne, 1755 • William Pitt • Treaty of Paris (1763)
Ben Franklin, Architect of the Albany Plan of Union 1754 7 of 13 Colonies show, approve the plan Rejected by all Colonial legislatures
General Wolfe, British general killed in victory at the Battle of Quebec, 1759
Pontiac’s Rebellion, 1763
Effects of the French and Indian War • Created British Empire and all its challenges • French a minority in Canada, Indianpolicy new challenge (Pontiac, Proclamation Act, Quartering Act) • Spain takes over New Orleans • 1755 Acadians removed from Nova Scotia (Arcadia)- 4000 move to Louisiana • Albany Congress attempted unity- though unsuccessful, a step closer to America • Colonials see British defeated (Braddock at Ft. Duquesne)- British are beatable gain experience as guerrilla fighters • GW gains combat experience, rebuffed on officer’s commission • Salutary neglect of the early 18th Cent. Led to increased smuggling • with Spain and France (esp in West Indies) • British incur large debt from F&I War that impacts future