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=== | ===French-Indian wars=== | ||
* | *continuation of ongoing frontier conflicts | ||
=== | *and French and English alliances with Native American tribes/ confederations | ||
* | *French-Indian War of 1754-63 was the 4th "Intercolonial War" following King William's War (1688-1697), Queen Anne's War (1702-13) and King George's War (1744-1748) | ||
===Seven Years War=== | |||
*leads to global conflict | |||
*France surrendered New France to Britain in 1760 | |||
**approx. 70,000 French colonists now under British rule | |||
**mostly in Canada | |||
**New France included all French colonial claims between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River | |||
*consequences of British victory: | |||
**Britain gains Canada, Ohio Valley and Florida (all lands east of the Mississippi river) | |||
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**France ceded Louisiana (lands west of the Mississippi) to Spain | |||
**Spain ceded Florida to Britain in exchange for return of British-captured Havana, Cuba | |||
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''' | '''European and tribal alliances''' | ||
* | *generally, | ||
' | **French aligned with | ||
**English aligned with | |||
*Native American tribes | |||
[[File:Nouvelle-France map-en.svg|thumb|Map of European colonies in North America, c. 1750. Disputes over territorial claims persisted after the end of King George's War in 1748.|alt=|left]][[File:NorthAmerica1763-A.png|thumb|The resulting peace dramatically changed the political landscape of North America, with New France ceded to the British and the Spanish.|alt=|left]] | |||
*details here | *details here | ||
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