10. What caused the disintegration of the Dutch overseas empire and what lands did the British gain as a result? p.641…
9. What two (2) related problems did the British face after defeating the French in 1763? P.547…
27. What was the chronology of the major events during the French and Indian War?…
The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American…
1.After winning control of North America from the French, British agents promised to expand trade with the tribes and continue the established French policy of distributing food, guns, ammunition and liquor. However, the new governor of North America, Lord Jeffrey Amherst, had a different view. What was it?…
Describe the principal territorial arrangements adopted at the Congress of Vienna. What attitudes were taken toward the peace settlement by (a) Prussia, (b) Russia, (c) Great Britain, (d) Austria? How was the dispute over Poland settled?…
For about a century after British colonists settled in America, they were subject to little political constriction under England’s policy of salutary neglect, but when the settlers were threatened by the French and their native American allies, the mother country stepped in and fought to protect the colonies. The war was named “The Seven Year War”. The seven year war changed the friendship between the mother country and the colonies. The change was especially in an ideological sense. The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the political, economical, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. English debt lead to unfair taxation of the colonists, and this changed the way they felt about their mother country.What was also altered was, the expansion of land in America that was once uncovered, the way the Americans strived for independence after the war, and the…
The French and Indian War (1754 – 1763) gradually worsened the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies even though Britain and the American colonies gained land from the French (Document A). An example of this would be in order to keep peace with the Indians, the British government prohibited American colonists from expanding westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Also, when Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War, they imposed more taxes on the American colonies. Furthermore, the colonists weren’t happy about the concessions given to the Catholics in Quebec.…
1. The French and Indian War (1754 – 1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess the change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775…
2. “If France instead of Britain had won the duel for North America, would the 13 colonies ever have become independent of Britain, or would they have been forced to stay within the empire for protection against France? Would Detroit, St. Louis, and New Orleans now be cities in Canada rather than in the United States?”…
b. Why did the French want to attack the Iroquois and not the English colonies?…
1. How did the Great War for Empire change the relationship between England and its American colonies?…
The second, Queen Anne's War (War of Spanish Succession) a revival of the grand design, saw France losing to Marlbourgh in Europe at Bleinheim, Ramillies, Malplaquet, the capture of Gibraltar, but Louis XIV's grandson, Philip, Duc d'Anjou placed on the Spanish throne.…
1. Why did the Ohio Valley become the arena of conflict between the French and British in America?…
6. King George's War (1744-1748): The English colonists in America were soon drawn into the struggle and they engaged in a series of conflicts with the French. New Englanders captured the French bastion at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island; but the peace treaty that finally ended the conflict forced them to abandon it.…