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Samuel de Champlain
Father of New France Quebec (1608) Native American issues (Iroquois) Complete Royal Control Slow Growth French Govt preferred W. Indies
French Missionaries
Evangelize, Explorers, Geographers
LaSalle
Louisiana New Orleans (1718) Controlled Mouth of the Mississippi River
King Williams War, Queen Annes War British vs. French & Indians Spain Allied with French British win, take Nova Scotia Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
British receive Newfoundland, Hudson Bay & Acadia
The AREA: Ohio River Valley/Ft. Duquesne George Washington G-Dub Ft. Necessity (S. W. Penn) British Loss French Acadians to Louisiana (Rajin Cajuns)
The War
Braddock- Arrogant
British General Killed Fought European Style
William Pitt
Great Leader Key to Victory during F & I War Concentrate on Canada Louisbourg (1758), Quebec (1759) (Wolfe v. Montcalm) Montreal (1760) Treaty of Paris (1763) MAP (p. 115)
Lasting Effects
French presence
Not as dependent on British government with French gone Spanish presence and Indian presence not as strong
Pontiac
Ottawa Chief (1763) Former friend of the French Violent campaign on British posts Small-Pox Infected Blankets to Indians
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists not to venture west of the Appalachian Mts. Ruined adventurous spirit Ignored the rule, set stage for future problems