Struggle For America 1688-1763

Question 1

French and English Colonial Conflicts
Colonial struggle

Answer 1

Wars displace Europe. British retained parts of nova scotia against France, and new Finland. Didn’t get Cape Brenton Island, a station for French Invasion. Cost money and debt, wars fought between the colonials and the French

Question 2

French and English Colonial Conflicts
King George’s war 1740-48

Answer 2

Colonies get Cape Brenton Island and Louisbourg, with the help of british ships, so now we have european involvement. Once the treaty is signed, thye give up louisberg, and the colonists are upset because they wanted to protect themselves from possible french attack. Colonists are beginning to not trust English rule, not doing what is best for the colonies.

Question 3

French and INdian war (seven years war) 1756-1763

Answer 3

Need to move west, more population that want to spread over the appelacian mountains. George Washington leads 150 militia men to survey the land to take Ft. Duquesne/Ducane in 1754. they are surrounded and forced to retreat, building Ft. Necessity, and is forced to surrender again.

Question 4

French and Indian war (seven years war) 1756-1763
War In Europe

Answer 4

French is fighting Prussia, and don’t send their military to colonies.

Question 5

French and Indian war (seven years war) 1756-1763
Albany Congress 1754

Answer 5

England calls Albany Congress, 7/13 colonies show up, so they can work on colonial defense. Don’t want to send their own men. Trying to keep the Iroquois allied with the English instead of French. Want to solve moving west issues. Ben Franklin comes up with the Albany plan of union to unite the colonies if the mother country isn’t doing something in their best interest. Want president general and grand council, wants more colonies together “join or Die”. People didn’t like it because they don’t want to give up their power. King doesn’t like the idea in fear of rebellion

Question 6

French and Indian war (seven years war) 1756-1763
General Braddock 1755

Answer 6

2,000 regulars come to help the Colonies fight to take Ft. Duquesne, under General Braddock. Doesn’t listen to Washington, while native allies of the French ambush them. Washington is able to rally the troops and pulls them back. The frontiers explodes with geurilla warfare.

Question 7

French and Indian war (seven years war) 1756-1763
William Pitt 1757

Answer 7

Lets attack the french supply lines so they can’t win. In 58’ they take louisbourg 59, then quebec 60’, and montreal, cutting off french supply line, and the french die out and can’t support native allies and troops. War is over by 1763.

Question 8

Significance of French and Indian War
Changes in colonial attitude

Answer 8

They were confident that they fought in the war and were better than British regulars. Redcoats vs colonists, redcoats treated them terribly because they weren’t seen as Englishmen. Weren’t so sure that they didn’t like the heirarchy that the redcoats were treated. No more enemies heading west.

Question 9

Significance of French and Indian War
Changes in British Attitude

Answer 9

King Williams War, Queen Anne’s war, King George’s War, French and Indian war==> huge British debt. Don’t like that colonists were trading with French west indies. Desperate to avoid any conflicts with the natives and say goodbye to the Era of Salutary neglect from 1690s

Question 10

Significance of French and Indian War
Changing Attitude of the Natives

Answer 10

Pontiac’s Rebellion 1763-66. British prices weren’t as good as French after their patron was kicked out of the continent. Pontiac leads a group of rebellions, attacking French, now British forts, in this period. Ottawa believe that if they can mount a good defense, the French will come back and mount with them. Attacks kill 2,000 colonists and give gifts of blankets with smallpox, biological warfare, use military force to subdue the rebellions. Convinces they need to keep troops in the region so they won’t be moving west.