Control of North America How will either France or England control N.A.?
Alliances European Powers What do you have to offer potential allies?? How will they benefit from siding with you? First Nations What do you want in an alliance? What do you have to offer? What do you think of other potential alliances?
King William's War “The War of the Grand Alliance” When: 1689 – 1697 Who: France (led by Frontenac)/New France/Native allies vs. England/English America/ Iroquois Where: North America Why: To block Louis XVI's overseas expansion. Result: England captured Acadia Treaty of Ryswick (all captured territories were returned to their original territories)
Queen Anne's War “the War of the Spanish Succession” When: 1704 – 1713 Who: France and her allies vs. Great Britain and her's Where: Europe and the West Indies (but also North America) Why: Conflicting claims to the Spanish throne Result: Treaty of Utrecht (1713) granted considerable territory to England; Fr. retained Ile St-Jean [PEI] and Ile Royale [Cape Breton], but ceded Acadia and Nfld to the Eng . The treaty is acknowledged as the end of French expansion and the rise of the British Empire.
The Seven Years' War When: 1755 – 1763 Who: Britain, Prussia and Hanover against France, Austria, Sweden, Saxony, Russia and eventually Spain. Where: North America (started in the Ohio River Valley) Why: Britain's war aims were to destroy the French navy and merchant fleet, seize its colonies, and eliminate France as a commercial rival. France found itself committed to fighting in Europe to defend Austria, which could do nothing to aid France overseas. Result: Treaty of Paris – New France is declared a British Posession
Louisbourg Was built by the French to protect the St. Lawrence River Located on Cape Breton Island Was supposed to be impregnable Captured by the New Englanders in 1745
Louisbourg and Acadia
Louisbourg