SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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National rivalries between France and Britain and each nation’s colonies in North America
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Competition for control of territories over land between the French and the British in North America
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French attacks on Native Americans in Montreal, Louisiana, and the Great Lakes
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Earlier European skirmishes over territory and trade in North America including King William’s War, King George’s War, and Queen Anne’s War
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British settlers wanted to farm the land, the British traders wanted to trade with the American Indians, and the British land speculators wanted to buy the land so they could make a profit selling it. It was clear there was going to be conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Seven Years’ War resulted from an attempt by the Austrian Habsburgs to win back the province of Silesia, which had been taken from them by Frederick the Great of Prussia. Overseas colonial struggles between Great Britain and France for control of North America and India were also a cause of the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1754 Washington’s surprise attack upon a small French force at Jumonville Glen and his subsequent surrender to French forces at the Battle of Fort Necessity helped to spark the French and Indian War, which was part of the imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War.