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Bill Fell Mr. Rowells AP US History 20 August 2009 Chapter Six  In chapter 6, the context says that nine world wars have been waged since 1688. In France on St. Bartholomew’s Day in 1572, over ten thousand Huguenots were butchered in cold blood. In 1608, France made a town in Quebec. The title “Father of New France” is held by Samuel de Champlain. Canada’s nickname at that time was New France. In 1750, only 60 thousand whites lived in New France. New France was like the French Caribbean’s little brother, the islands came first because of the surplus in sugar and rum. When Indians were included into New France’s fur trade, they had some setbacks form the European’s diseases and the founding of alcohol. Detroit nickname was “the City of Straits,” Detroit was founded in 1701 Robert de LaSalle sailed down the Mississippi in 162 and founded Louisiana. After trying to find Mississippi’s delta unsuccessfully, La Salles men revoked and killed La Salle in 1687. New France founded New Orleans in 1718. The earliest battles of European power were King Williams War (1689-1697) and Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713). The War of Jenkins Ear was named after a Spaniard sliced off Captain Jenkins ear off. This war was fought mostly in the Caribbean Sea and Georgia. The name of the war changed when it merged with a larger war in Europe, the name was changed to King Georges War in Europe and America Spain and France became allies once again, but soon after England had captured Louisbourg. Eventually Louisbourg was handed back to the French. In 1759 the Virginia Governor made the young 21 year old surveyor George Washington, to secure the Virginians claims. Within the first shots of the ne war, the French leader was killed by George Washington’s militiamen. Ironically on July 4th, 1754, the French captured Washington’s for /Necessity. Because of that outbreak, the French and Indian War had started also known as the Seven Year War in Europe. The teams of Europe were Britain and Prussia against France, Spain, Austria, and Russia. In one battle in Germany, Fredrick the Greats Army beat the French, Austrian, and Russian armies, even though they were outnumbered three to one. To get all the colonies to fight together, Ben Franklin published a comic of a snake that is decided into seven pieces with the bottom words saying Join or Die. This comic was probably the most popular comic in the colonial area. In an attempt before the takeover of Fort Duquesne, Washington and “Bulldog” Braddock got shot before they have even enter the Fort. In 1757 Pitt became Leader of London’s government. Pitt took over Louisbourg in 1758. James Wolfe lead the win of Quebec in 1759. The peace settlement at Paris (1763) made Canada French free. During the treaty, Spain gave Florida to Britain for Cuba. Because of the lost to France the Indians basically had no other land, and have to consult with the British. The Proclamation of 1763 made sure no colonists went past the Appalachians.