The Cost of a Growing Empire
Mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Restrictions Enumerated Goods Staples Act Bounties Smuggling
Mercantilism Triangular Trade
Mercantilism Colonies produce and buy goods… how will England gain more profits?
The Ohio Company of Virginia Potential Wealth Fur trade Speculation
Ohio Company (1748) British approval Forks in Ohio River
French & Indian Wars 1688–1697 King William's War 1st Intercolonial War (in Quebec) War of the League of Augsburg (Nine Years' War) Treaty of Ryswick (1697) 1702–1713 Queen Anne's War 2nd Intercolonial War War of the Spanish Succession Treaty of Utrecht (1713) 1744–1748 King George's War 3rd Intercolonial War War of the Austrian Succession Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) 1754–1763 The French and Indian War 4th Intercolonial War Seven Years' War Treaty of Paris (1763)
Alliances French & Huron, Wabanaki Confederacy, Caughnawaga, Mohawk, Choctaw, Timucua, Apalachee, Natchez and Spanish (2nd French & Indian War) English & Iroquois
Competition for Ohio Valley Logstown – 1752 Tanacharison the Half-King Competition leads to…
The French & Indian War Seven Years War (1754–1763) “War of Conquest”
George Washington
William Pitt
Robert Dinwiddie
General Edward Braddock
Major Battles Battle of Jumonville Glen Battle of Ft. Necessity Siege of Ft. William Henry Battle of Fort Duquesne Battle of Ticonderoga (1758 & 59) Siege of Louisbourg Battle at Sainte-Foy/Quebec
Albany Plan of Union Benjamin Franklin
Treaty of Paris (1763) Terms harsh to losing France. French territory on mainland North America lost. The British received Quebec and the Ohio Valley. New Orleans & the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi to Spain British also gain Caribbean islands & India Spain gain Philippines & Cuba
Pontiac’s War/Rebellion 1763 – Ft. Detroit Siege of Ft. Pitt Devil’s Hole Massacre Indian Raids Paxton Boys July 25, 1766
Proclamation Line of 1763 Why create this barrier? Why does this cause problems?