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Chapter 6
 * England, France, and Spain were competing for the New World
 * From 1688 – 1763 four wars consumed Europe – World Wars
 * The seven years war/French Indian War set the stage for American independence.
 * Quebec founded in 1608 (One year after Jamestown) on St. Lawrence River
 * Samuel de Champlain (Father of New France) teamed up with Huron Indians to fight Iroquois
 * New France (Canada) was ruled directly by the King
 * 1750 – 60,000 people in New France
 * The beaver was popular in New France: Beaver pelt was very popular
 * Over hunting extinguished beaver population
 * Antoine Cadillac founded Detroit in 1701
 * Robert de La Salle named Louisiana
 * New Orleans founded in 1708 to stop Spain taking over Gulf
 * Wars ravaged between France and English. English gained Port Royal in present Day Nova Scotia.
 * New Englanders invaded Louisburg, to France.
 * Ohio Valley kept English from going westward, and French needed it to Link Mississippi Valley and St. Lawrence River settlements.
 * In 1754 – George Washington was defeated at Port Necessity
 * “Cajuns” came from French Acadia
 * 1754 – Intercolonial meetings took place in order to unite against France and Foes
 * Ben Franklin headed Albany Conference
 * General Braddock was sent to America to capture Ft. Duquesne
 * British launched a full scale invasion of Canada in 1756
 * William Pitt – 1757 became leader
 * Pitt conquered Louisberg, then conquered Quebec (1758)
 * Montreal fell in 1759, France’s last settlement
 * France gave trans-Mississippi to Spain, Spain gave Florida to England in exchange for Cuba
 * Pitt reimbursed colonies for wars
 * Disunity caused by huge distances, geographic barriers, and religion stopped the colonies from uniting.
 * During the French Indian War, the disunity started to stop
 * The falls of Quebec and Montreal were the beginning of The United States
 * Indians lost the ability to play European countries against one another
 * Spain owned much of North America
 * Chief Pontiac of the Ottowas besieged Detroit and killed all but 3 posts of England west of the Appalachians
 * Britain retaliated by infecting them with small pox on Blankets
 * Out of nowhere, in the 1763 London prohibited settling of land west of Appalachians
 * This was to prevent bloody uprisings like Pontiac’s but land hungry colonists were angered.
 * In 1765, 1,000 wagons rolled out west against the newly proclaimed law.
 * Energy rising with colonies and stubborn Englishmen built up tensions for the upcoming Revolution.