Nathaniel+B.

​-war started in 1756 for North America -General George Washington (future president) Tried twice to capture Louisbourg. Failed both times because French developed fighting style of Natives. -British prime minister, William Pitt, sent more soldiers, more ships, and more money to help defeat New France after George Washingtons defeat. -British must capture Louisbourg and Quebec in order to defeat the French. -If British captured Louisbourg, it would send them to Quebec. -The British mustered lots of soldiers at Halifax, then went to Louisbourg and seiged them in 1758. -The British seiged and bombarded Louisbourg until The French surrendered. -After Louisbourg, Major-General James Wolfe took 200 boats and 9000 men to Quebec for a three month battle in which the British won. -The French and British made a treaty in 1763 that gave the English most of North America; and left France with only a handfull of islands. -French made English promise not to take revenge out on the Natives for siding with them. -First Nations began losing land and began to consider war. -An Odawa leader named Pontiac convinced many First Nations to help him drive the English out of Ohio Valley in the may of 1763. -Pontiac and his allies were successful in capturing 7 of 10 English forts; but the Native alliance fell apart because the French did not send help and the British recaptured all the forts. -After the war; the Canadiens, French people who lived in North America, were afraid that the British would make them change their ways of life. -England was worried about the number of people who were French compared to the people who were English. -The Treaty of Paris was made in 1763. It gave the English most of North America. -England decided to accomodate the Canadiens. -The war started in 1756 and ended in 1763. -England won the war and got most of North America. -This conflict made it so that Canadians speak mostly english.


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1. What might have been a reason the French or British had in conquering North America? (**The person who controlled North America would be able to build the biggest empire in the world. As well as getting the furs that the Natives had, which would put them in a very good economical position.**) 2. The British took seige of Louisbourg for seven weeks before the French surrendered it. What tactical advantage did Louisbourg have that made the British want it so badly? (**Owning Louisbourg is the only way the British could get to Quebec, which the British had to conquer if they were to defeat the French.**) 3. The Treaty of Paris gave the British most of North America, and left the French a few small islands off the east coast. What advantage might the British have in controlling most of North America? What advantage might the French have had in owning the islands off the coast? (**The British had been able to trade furs from many different tribes in North America, as well as build an empire. The French could see incoming ships better than the British.**) 4. The Treaty of Paris aggravated the Natives. Why might this have been? (**The British were less concerned about Native rights. The Natives feared that the British would begin to take over their lands.**) 5. A leader of the Odawa tribe, Pontiac, brought many other tribes together to drive the British out of Ohio Valley in 1763. They captured seven (7) out of ten (10) forts. What did the Natives do that made them so successful? (**Instead of charging against the forts all willy-nillie, the Natives decided to use clever tactics.**)hi