US History timeline & concept chart: 1754-1789 French-Indian War to American Revolution, Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention: Difference between revisions

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-===subsection 1===
+===French-Indian wars===
-*Major Events here
+*continuation of ongoing frontier conflicts
-===subsection 2===
+*and French and English alliances with Native American tribes/ confederations
-*Major Events here
+*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)
+**
+**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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-'''BIG IDEAS'''
+'''European and tribal alliances'''
-*bid ideas here
+*generally,
-'''DETAILS'''
+**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]]
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