French and English hate each other
Many wars, 1600's to mid 1700's
1754-63 French and Indian War
Primarily in Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania to Wisconson
Great trade routes with rivers
Whoever controls trade routes controls money
Beaver pelts traded a lot
Westward Colonists and Indians and French Trappers resided there
Phase 1:1754-56: Colonists vs. French and Indians (Huron)
Colonists had Iroquois Indians on their side
Mohawks, Senecas, Oneidas and the Onedagas friends of Indians
Huron Chief Pontiac
George Washington, surveyor, 21, wants to go out into the Frontier
Colonists didn't like the war. No interest in Frontier.
England vs. France, settlers want stay out.
British demand colonies fight
Show up in Boston harbors and draft settlers
Made settlers unhappy with British
Colonial war until:
Phase 2: 1756-63: Seven Years War
When Britain gets involved.
Scalping used by Europeans to prove Indians had killed enemy
Britain demands colonists house British troops
Combined with Mercantilism, colonists are very unhappy with British
Rules of contest
Lined both armies up and fired at each other.
Didn't change until Civil War
Tactics change during F+I War, guerilla warfare.
Consider brutal tactics
William Pitt, war hero, American, joins Parliament, negotiates Treaty of Paris (1763, Fall of Quebec)
France loses and is knocked out of America
French keep two islands a parts of Florida
British have a high debt
Colonists will be taxed highly to pay for war
War directly caused the Revolutionary War
Colonists want representation
One third wanted to leave England, one third were Torries, one third were moderates
Social results
People started thinking of themselves as Americans
Many colonists were born in America, no affiliation with Britain
British viewed America as an undisciplined, spoiled child
France provides money for America to fight British
Manifest Destiny
God given right to move westward
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