SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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France took control of Canada and California
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The Indians were freed from slavery
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The British went in debt funding the war.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty of Paris Ends the War The arrangement strengthened the American colonies significantly by removing their European rivals to the north and south and opening the Mississippi Valley to westward expansion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The last and largest major engagement of the French and Indian War would be the Battle of Quebec in 1759. The British victory at Quebec allowed the English to take control of most of North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The war nearly doubled the British national debt, from £75 million in 1756 to £133 million in 1763. Interest payments alone consumed over half the national budget, and the continuing military presence in North America was a constant drain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The costs of fighting a protracted war on several continents meant Britain’s national debt almost doubled from 1756 to 1763, and this financial pressure which Britain tried to alleviate through new taxation in the Thirteen Colonies helped cause the American Revolution.