The French and Indian War was the last conflict in North America between the French and British over the right of land in the New World. Give one other example when the French and British had a conflict in the New World and explain the outcome.
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Another conflict between the French and the British in the New World was at Tadoussac (Canada), where an English fleet drove Champlain and many French colonists out of Quebec in 1628. France reestablished the colony in 1632, but was once again attacked by 30 Anglo-American ships in 1690. Weakened from disease and disagreements, they came to a short-lived truce. As an outcome, Quebec is the main source of French descendants in Canada.
ReplyDeleteOne other conflict that was fought between the French and English was King Williams' War. The war lasted from 1689-1697 and had a mainly indecisive outcome. The conflict started when England and their Iroquois allies attacked the French settlement of Montreal. These attacks were only small skirmishes nothing was to decisive. The French then counterattacked by burning English Settlements in New York, New Hampshire, and Maine. Also in 1690, The English captured the strategic French Outpost, Port Royal. However, they did not succeed in trying to conquer the French City of Quebec. The war ended in 1697 when the Treaty of Ryswick was signed. The Treaty stated that the boundaries of New France and New England would stay virtually the same as they had been before the war.
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DeleteLike any other colony of the great European powers, the settlements in North America were established partially on the principles of economic gain. One of the most successful outcomes to this endeavor was the fur trade in the north, which was exploited largely by the French, Dutch, and the English. France had already established a relatively thriving operation along the St. Lawrence River in 1608, using the river to intercept fur trade traffic traveling downriver to the Atlantic- as well as using an alliance with the Huron Indians that would give him access to the beaver grounds of the Great Lakes (Faragher, 62). The Dutch also settled in the New England area, and held a commercial alliance with the Iroquois Confederacy in order to cut in on the French fur trade. In an campaign to expand territory and commerce, the Iroquois instigated attacks against neighboring communities, including the Hurons. The Iroquois were backed by the Dutch, but were later joined by the British, who used the war to prevent French expansion in the territory. The Treaty of Ryswick would eventually end conflict between the French and the English in 1697, it is debated on the precise end of the war, which resulted in the expansion of Iroquois power and the downsize and disbandment of the Hurons and their influence on the Great Lakes furs.
ReplyDeleteFaragher, John Mack. "New Netherland" Out of Many: A History of the American People. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. 64. Print.
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DeleteFaragher, John Mack. Out of Many: A History of the American People. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. 62-64. Print.
In 1613 a Captain named Samuel Argall was sent by the British from Jamestown, Virginia to attack and capture the French establishment of Port Royal. Port royal was located in the region of Acadia in eastern Canada. This port would later become one of the most popular battlegrounds for conflict between the countries in which the fort would exchange hands between both the French and the British. There were battles in Port Royal during 1640, 1643, 1654, 1690, and 1693. Including many blockades and arsons. The town was destroyed many times but always built back up. Port Royal was a very important and useful establishment of America.
ReplyDeleteAnthony, Antoine. "1603-1763 The French English Conflict." 1603-1763 The French English Conflict. Geneaolgy First, 09 Mar. 2001. Web. 02 Sept. 2013.
DeleteAnother French and British conflict besides the French and Indian war could be the King Williams War fought from 1688 to 1697. The war was the first of six colonial wars that resulted as a conflict between Britain and France, and lasted for a century. Basically, the outcome of this war ended in the Treaty of Ryswick, ans the statement that the boundaries were to remain the same as they were before the war.
ReplyDeleteAnother example of conflict between the French and The British was King George's War (1744-1748), named after King George II of Britain. This period of violence emerged from the European struggle in the War of Austrian succession (these wars of succession referred to disagreements as to who should inherit the throne). Violence first unleashed throughout North America when the French attempted to reconquer Nova Scotia from New England. However, one of the major struggles took place in 1745 when English troops, under WIlliam Pepperell's command, launched an assault against a French fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia. After two months of attacks and turmoil, the British succeeded in capturing Louisburg, but the French then responded in 1746 with another failing attempt to take Port Royal, Nova Scotia. As a result of all the rising hostility, a peace accord was finally established. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 would require that territory lost in the war be given back to the original empire. The fort of Louisburg was therefore recovered by the French, and the British reclaimed Madras in India. However, much like King William's War, this settled peace would only be short-lived, and it'd be followed by the French and Indian War.
ReplyDeleteHaefeli, Evan. "French and Indian wars." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 3 Sept. 2013.
Delete1755 was still a brand new year when British and French colonists became engaged in a dispute that would lead to bloody conflict over land. The disputed territories lay in Ohio Valley and Acadia. Diplomats, hoping to prevent an outright war. Referenced the 1713 treaty of Utrecht to redefine French and British boundaries. The treaty awarded sovereignty over the Iroquois to the British and by extension their lands. But as the Iroquois never considered themselves British subjects, legally the French weren't required to follow that part of the treaty they claimed. Instead,the French proposed a total demilitarization of the lands in dispute. The area was to become a neutral zone in which both French and British colonists could fairly trade. This idea did not sit well with the British though and they armed their troops in response. The French in turn armed their troops. Neither side though was anxious to declare war. So a series of violent, bloody battles occurred with no declaration of war and progress in the matter became stagnant. After suffering a tremendous defeat in July, the British moral was crushed and they retreated, leaving the lands to the French.
ReplyDeleteNester, William R. The Great Frontier War: Britain, France and the Imperial Struggle for North America, 1607-1755. Westport: Praeger, 2000. Questiaschool.com. Web. 2 Sept. 2013. .
DeleteBetween 1664 and 1763, the Champlain Valley hosted a constant conflict between the French and British Empires for control of Lake Champlain and its branches. These water routes were cardinal waterways that provided access into the interior of the Northeast in an era when the only feasible mode of transportation in the unknown land of North America was by water routes. Expeditions and forts were continually raised in defense of rival claims of the Champlain Valley and its waterways. This period came to an end after the French and Indian War, when Britain assumed control of most of France's territorial claims in North America.
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DeleteAnother example when the French and British had a conflict in the New World was in one of the final campaigns of the conflict between the French and British at Lake Champlain in 1760, where it brought the final collapse of the French Empire in North America. The British used a three way attack on the French forces in Canada, with the third force using a route through Lake Champlain. The outcome of this plan was successful for the British, with the French signing the articles of surrender in September 1760. The various forts in Lake Champlain weren't abandoned, but the troops stationed there were reduced. After the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 between England and France, the lake became a route for transportation, communication, supplies, travelers, troops, and early settlers.
DeleteAn example of a French and British conflict in the New World was in 1613, when Captain Samuel Argall of Jamestown was sent to attack and conquer Port Royal, where the French had settled just 8 years before. This was one of the first conflicts of the 17th century between the French and British people. The outcome was that Port Royal was soon returned to France due to French military victories in England.
ReplyDeleteAnother example of a conflict involving the French and British in the New World is Queen Anne’s War (1702 to 1713). Know in Europe as the War of Spanish Succession, this conflict pitted the British against the allied French and Spanish. When British colonial troops from South Carolina invaded Spanish Florida in 1702, the Spanish and the French retaliated by attacking Charleston in 1706. In 1704, the French and their Algonquian allies raided British frontier towns (such as Deerfield, Massachusetts) in an attempt to control the Indian trade. The result was a British counteroffensive which led to the capture of Port Royal (Acadia) in 1710. As a result of this conflict, France and Spain lost power in the New World. The Peace of Utrecht in 1713 allowed the English to supply slaves to Spanish colonies, an economic blow to the latter. As part of the same treaty, France ceded the Hudson Bay, Acadia, and Newfoundland to the British. In return, the French colonists of those areas were promised security. Thirty years of peace followed Queen Anne’s War until the onset of King George’s War in 1744.
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DeleteFaragher, John M., Mari J. Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, and Susan H. Armitage. Out of Many; A History of the American People; AP Edition. Sixth ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2011. Print.
Another conflict between the French and English was when Captain Samuel Argall of Jamestown, Virginia was sent by the British to attack Port Royal. This would be the first of multiple times by the English to takeover Port Royal. This lead to an attack by the French and the French getting their land back through diplomatic negotiations and military victories.
ReplyDeleteAnother conflict between the French and the British in colonial North America was King Georges war, known in Europe as the Austrian succession, in 1744. This was after about 30 years of peace between the French and British in the North, after Queen Anne’s War. The French attacked the British in Nova Scotia, and Indian allies of the French raided border towns in New England and New York, killing or capturing British subjects. When the French fort of Louisbourg was captured, the French agreed to a negotiated settlement. This treaty returned the situation to how it was before the war, giving Louisbourg back to France. The main effect was the anger in New England merchants, who wanted to keep Louisbourg so as to expand their commercial influence. This caused continued ill feelings between France and Britain.
ReplyDeleteFaragher, John M., Mari J. Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, and Susan H. Armitage. Out of Many; A History of the American People; AP Edition. Sixth ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2011. Print. 3 Sept, 2013.
Another conflict between the British and French was Father Rale's war also known as the three year war. The conflict was about where the border between Acadia and New England was. At the time the British were fighting the Wabanaki Confederacy, multiple Indian tribes backed by the French. The war resulted in the British taking control of Maine but it also resulted in the first European super power acknowledging the rights of Indians to their land.
ReplyDeleteThere have been many conflicts between the French and English in North America besides the French and Indian war. One such conflict was known as the War of the League of Augsburg in Europe, or more commonly King William’s War in America. Envious of New France’s large fur-trading empire, the English began challenging France for control of the North American interior in 1689. They first established the Hudson’s Bay Company, which was meant to create a fur-trading monopoly of its own by controlling land in Northern Canada. Soon, violence erupted between English and French traders in Hudson Bay, and the English and their Iroquois allies followed with attacks on Montreal, Port Royal, and Quebec. The French and Algonquians then countered buy raiding New England settlements.
ReplyDeleteThe war eventually ended in 1697, but as a result of the long conflicts, English authorities worried that they might lose control of colonial possessions. In order to gain greater control, each colony was handed over to royal rule. This had dramatic consequences for the colonies. Local representative governments were abolished and authorities had the opportunity to impose restrictions on trade and high taxes on exports. Colonists felt unrepresented in the laws and taxes of the land, eventually prompting anger and ultimately the American Revolution.
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DeleteFaragher, John Mack, Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, and Susan H. Armitage. Out of Many. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2011. Print.
One lesser known conflict in the long competition between France and England for control over the new world was the violence in Newfoundland. Both the British and French had established settlements on the island, and they lived together in relative peace until the late 17th century. In 1696, The French launched an attack on the British capital of St. John's, burning it to the ground. The French occupied the island until 1713, when the Treaty of Utrecht forced them to hand over the land to the British.
ReplyDeleteA smaller conflict between France and England in the New World occurred near present day Ohio. After the French settled down near the Hudson Bay, and the English settled in present day Virginia, both countries began to expand and take over more land. The expansion eventually met in Ohio. There were conflicts over hunting, trapping, and trading rights. Tension went to its greatest in 1753 and the French and English declared war at each other. After multiple quarrels, the English came out on top and France was force to give up its land claims and gave the British control over present day Ohio.
ReplyDeleteAmong the earliest conflicts regarding French and British colonization of North America occurred upon French claims on the region around Lake Champlain beginning in the 1660s. British royal grants given to Massachusetts and New York and confirmed by a treaty gave the British an imprecise claim to the Champlain Valley, but the French gradually began to move into the valley. This, of course, angered the British. Playing on the rivalry between the Iroquois and Huron, whose allies were the French, the British organized a series of Iroquois strikes on French towns and villages. This did not cause the French to withdraw from settling the area; rather, two new French forts were built to protect the settlements before the area. The conflicts here exacerbated the tensions between the French and British but otherwise had little affect on the division of land.
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ReplyDeleteAnother example of French and British conflict in the new world was when Charles I of England gave Sir William Alexandr the Nova Scotia terriorty, which included the Clyde River. Now this area is known as New Brunswick and the Saint John River, which both lie in Canada, very close to present day Maine. But this English territorial expansion resulted in a rise from the French. French in Acadia, which lied very closely to the Saint John River in Quebec and Northeast America, attempted to prevent the expansion of New England settlements into what they believed was their territory. This lead French military leaders to recruit the Mi'gmaq and Maliseet warriors to help them launch attack in their conflict against the English. This then resulted into the French establishment of Fort Latour as a trading post at the Saint John River.
ReplyDeleteThe Deerfield raid in 1704 was a conflict between the French colonist and their Indian allies and the English colonist. Raids between the two groups had been taking place for a while before. The French attacked on February 9 and took the New England followers by surprise. Many were captured and some were killed. Most Deerfield captives were deliver to French Authorities in Montreal and eventually ransomed off. Some choose to stay behind.
ReplyDeleteA example of a conflict in North America between the French and the British was Father Rale's war. It was a series of battles along the New England border between the British and the Wabanaki Confederacy who were allied with the French. The conflict resulted with the fall of Maine to the Colonies with the Defeat of leader of the Indians, Father Rale, at Norrigewick.
ReplyDeleteOne conflict that lead up to the French and Indian War was Celoron's expedition. He was sent by the French with 200 soldiers and 30 Indians to confirm the original French claim on the Ohio Valley. As they ventured though the land, they told any British merchants discovered to leave the territory. It was largely futile in it's original purpose, but served very well to raise awareness about the area. This inspired the governor of Massachusetts to claim that the British wouldn't be safe with the French in the Americas.
ReplyDeleteOne of the conflicts between the French and the British that lead up to the French and Indian War was the Third Anglo-Wabanaki War. Also known as Dummer's or Lovewell's War, this war was a series of battles between the British settlers and the Wabanaki Confederacy that lasted for three years. The fighting occurred in Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Both the Wabanaki Confederacy, allies with the French, and the British settlers wanted control of these territories. The treaty that ended the war gave the French Nova Scotia and the British New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
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Another conflict between the British and French was Father Rale's War, which is also known as the Three Year War. The border between Acadia and New England was disputed and tensions led eventually to war. The British were fighting the Wabanaki Confederacy, a group of Indian tribes backed by the French. The British won and took over control of Maine, but the British also acknowledged the rights of Native Americans to their land for the first time.
ReplyDeleteAnother French and British conflict was the battle over the water ways and land surrounding Lake Champlain. From 1664 to 1763 they French and British armies fought for ownership of Lake Champlain because of its access to the north eastern states. After British were granted access back into North America they were also given looser claims to champlain valley. Indian tribes and French settlers didn't like this at all. Conflicts arouse and ownership of the land switched numerous times. Battles happened around those areas during the revolution but considering the outcome of the war and the position of the valley no one really gained complete control over the lake. It was used by everyone and later all the near by forts were demolished. That land was claimed during american independence and no one really won.
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