the French founded Quebec and moved
in to the area around the St. Lawrence River and great Lakes
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Population grew slowly
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men didn't plan on staying
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fur traders
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missionaries
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little desire to conquer or control: wanted
to exploit it economically
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good relations with Native Americans
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relied on them for fur trade
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traveled down Mississippi River - New Orleans
The 7 Years' War
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Trouble with the English in North America
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began to 'run into' British colonies in western
Pennsylvania and the Ohio River Valley
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French built a fort (1754) on land promised
to Virginia planters (Fort Duquense - which later becomes Pittsburgh!)
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Virginian militia sent out
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led by 22-year old George Washington
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built a new fort (Fort Necessity) a few miles
away
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defeated by the French (July 3, 1754)
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this was the beginning of an undeclared war
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French Indian War
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French were allied with native Americans in
the Ohio valley
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Indians feared continued British growth and
colonization
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French won many early battles
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War in Europe
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Open conflict between Austria/France/Saxony/Russia
and Prussia/Britain
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Extended years of fighting on the European
continent
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British Prime Minister William Pitt (as in
"Pitt"sburgh)
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the way to win the war was to weaken France's
commerce from the new world
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sent many troops in 1757
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eventually captured Fort Duquesne, Fort Niagara,
Quebec City, Montreal
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(ending the war in the Americas)
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war continued until 1763 - Treaty of Paris
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France lost all its North American colonies
to England
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Proclamation Line of 1763 - no settlement
west of the Appalachians
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Louisana - crazy history
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1762 - secret agreement between Spain and
France: all French territory west of the Mississippi went to Spain
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Governors from both countries tell England
that New Orleans is on the west bank (it is really on the east) to keep
it in Spanish hands after the 7 Years' War.
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Napolean signs an agreement in 1800 to recieve
the land back from Spain
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Turns around and sells it to the US in 1803
(Louisiana Purchase)
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Florida
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"Ransomed" by Spain to British in 1763 (for
Havana), but the British give it back after the Revolutionary War.
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Used as a base for British ships during the
war of 1812
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Sold to the US in 1819 in return for Texas
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