THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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It wanted to be #1
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It wanted to help the colonists build forts
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It wanted land from Florida north to Maine with no western boundary
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It wanted to share the land with France
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Detailed explanation-1: -Great Britain claimed all of North America east of the Mississippi River. It had thirteen colonies. They were on the East Coast. Spain held the territory west of the Mississippi River.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British Empire is a term used to describe all the places around the world that were once ruled by Britain. Built over many years, it grew to include large areas of North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Africa, as well as small parts of Central and South America, too.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the war, and France surrendered almost all of the portion of New France to the east of the Mississippi River to the British. France separately ceded its lands west of the Mississippi River to Spain, and Spain ceded Florida to Britain.
Detailed explanation-4: -Of all the European countries, England established the firmest foothold in North America. Like the other European countries, England was motivated in part by the lure of both riches and the Northwest Passage.