Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Empires at War;
AMSCO Chapter 4
- Empires at War
- Late 17th century - war breaks out
between GB, France, Spain
- 1st of series of 4 wars
- 74 years (1689-1763)
- Winner receives supremacy
- The First Three Wars
- King William's War: 1689-1697
- Queen Anne's War: 1702-1713
- King George's War: 1744-1748
- Seven Years' War
- Fighting began in colonies and spread to Europe.
- Britain began realizing the importance
of the colonies.
- Shipped troops TO North
America so didn't have to rely on
colonial troops.
- Beginning of the War
- French provoked the war by building
chain of forts along the Ohio River
Valley.
- The French did so in order to halt the
westward growth of colonists.
- Governor of VA sent a militia to Ohio.
- Militia was led by George Washington.
- Militia surrendered July 3rd, 1754.
- Albany Plan of Union
- British government called for
representatives to meet in Albany in
1754.
- Plan of Union was developed by Ben Franklin
- "Join or Die" political cartoon
- Plan called for an intercolonial government and a
recruitment system for troops and taxes.
- Plan failed and was voted down by
representatives
- Each colony was too jealous
of their own taxation
power.
- Possibly voted against out of fear that Britain would overpower them?
- British Victory
- William Pitt focuses on conquering Canada
- Retaking of Louisbourg (1758)
- Surrender of Quebec (1759)
- Taking of Montreal (1760)
- Peace of Paris: 1763
- France is effectively wiped off of North America
- Britain has extended control of NA.