Chapter 6 Flashcards
background on FI War
4th of 4 wars b/w Eng, France, and Spain
BEGAN in america
forts in ohio river celly to limit british
geographic location kept French together through Mississippi river
colonists did not want to be landlocked but had disunity and limited skill in fighting
French colonies
focused on beaver trade (coreurs de bois)
allied w/ nai
influence: too much hunting, catholic, alcohol
Samuel de Champlain: “father of French colonies”
did not immigrate by hordes (too poor)
Antione Cadillac founded Detroit to keep eng out (1701)
-Lousiana (1682) by Robert de LaSalle
-Quebec (1608)
albany congress
1st out of 4 congresses
1754
7 colonies represented
snake propaganda (virg is biggest bc of high pop and revenue + N Eng is head)
albany congress effects
ally w/ Iroquois
albany plan of union to create inter-colonial gov: rejected by both sides (felt that they either had too much or too little power)
during the FI war
guerilla warfare
victory @ Quebec (1759) and Motreal (1760)
Treaty of Paris of 1763
end of FI War
french colonists stay in canada
lousiana to spain
florida to england
-eng became dominant world power
pontiac’s rebellion
effect of FI War
raids done by paxton boys
ORV and Great Lakes fort
weaken british to lure french
proclamation of 1763
appalachian mountians
ignored
colonists gain mississippi R
british views after FI War
disappointed in colonial military contributions ( Quakers: unable and unwilling to defend frontier)
outcome benefitted colonists: they should pay
began to assume direct control over colonies
end of salutary neglect
colonial views after FI War
felt they had contributed to their defense
wanted access to new frontier but there was the Proc
EGO
significance of FI War
conception of republic gov
experience for GW
tensions b/w eng and cols
debts and taxes
King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War
cols fought french cbd’s and nai allies
neither side “wasted” real troops
f inspired NAI ravaged Schenectady, Ny and Deerfield, Mass
brits failed trying to capture quebec and montreal
peace deal in Utrecht (1713) gave acadia, newfoundland, and hudsom bay to eng and gave eng limited trade w/ french
War of Jenkin’s Ear
spanish and englsih
merged with austrian war of succession
eng troops captured cape Berton Island
peace terms: gave louisbourg back to French (outraged colonists)
GW inaugurates war w/ france
ORV was battelground
GW was commander of 150 virginians
40 mi from Fort Dequense, eng troops killed french leader
f surrounded fort necessity and made gw surrender
global war
FI war started in america but expanded
eng and prussia v f, spain, austria, + russia
prussia repelled enemy armies
