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__Seven Year's War__ ​ The Seven Year's War was a long ongoing battle between the French and British soldiers over in North America. In North America the French's Native allies helped the French win a few of the battles but most of the war did not involve the First Nations. As well the French adopted a Native style of fighting helping them win numerous battles. Even though a large part of the war happened in North America the battle lasted longer over in the European home countries again between the French and the British. The Seven Year's War started because the French and the British both wanted to claim the new land theirs. The British saw how how much money the French were making off of the new world and decided they wanted access to the fur trading, fisheries and they wanted more farm land so the new world was a perfect place for the activities.

The seven Year's War went on for seven years started in 1756 and ended in 1763. Only the first few years of the war was held in North America and the rest of the war was held over in France and Britain. During the part of the war that was held in North America the British sent over multiple soldiers led by Major-General Wolfe to take over the French's popular trading post called Louisbourg. Louisbourg was at the very edge of the new land and was an excellent for scouting any boats that were to arrive in the new world. During the attemted capture of Louisbourg the British sunk the French ships, stole a large amount of their food and much more and after seven long weeks of bombardment the French the British capuerd Louisbourg right before a long and frigid winter. Since the British emptied the fort of Loisburg of food many of the British did not survive the long winter. Capturing Louisbourg was important in capturing the Fort of Quebec if they captured Quebec it would make it easier to defeat the French.

The commander of the British Major-General Wolfe and the commander of the French General Marquis Montcalm were the most important Generals that fought in the Seven Year's War. General Wolfe had tried to capture Quebec for months and failed multiple times but that all changed in the battle on the Plains of Abraham. After the winter spent in Fort Louisbourg the loss of soldiers had an incredible impact on the number of British soldiers so after the winter in North America the British sent ships full of men over to the new world. That is when the Battle on the Plains of Abraham happened, all of the British soldiers climbed up a large goat path that led up to the plains the climbed up the hill as a way to prevent the French from knowing about their arrival. The battle happened on August 1, 1759 the battle was short and lasted less than an hour there was an even number of men but the French simply lacked the skill required to win the battle. The British won the battle but during the fight both of the generals for each county died in the battle. Wolfe died instantly when shot but was sent back to Britain considered a hero while Montcalm died a day later but was sent to be buried in the battle field with the rest of the dead French and English soldiers. The battle on the Plains of Abraham was considered one of the bloodiest fights on canadian soil with over 1300 men killed.

In 1760 the French surrendered leaving all the land, money and trading forts in North america British. At the end of the war in 1763 the Treaty of Paris was signed saying that the British got all of the land in North America except a handfull of islands off the coast of the land that the French used as fisheries. The British forced the French to leave the land, pledge alligance to their royalty and follow British law. The British could not decide between eviction, accomodation or assimulation for the left over French pioneers. Eventually the left over French pioneers were forced into assimulation which is when the British chose to try and make the left over French follow British law and pledge allegance to their royalty.The natives that were still on the land were forced as well to follow British law the natives did not like the new law and decided to band together under Pontiacs control to fight the crown instead of dueling the natives used clever tactics. After the natives revolt and the French fighting back the British decided to create the Quebec Act of 1774 that said that the French could speak their own language, keep the catholic church, keep the system for the land and that natives could keep their ways but were still forced to follow British law.

The affect that this conflict had on our modern day Canada is that we are now a bilingual country thanks to the British allowing the french to speak their own language.

__montcalm__ 1. What might have been a reason the French or British had in conquering North America?
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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?

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?

4. The Treaty of Paris aggravated the Natives. Why might this have been?

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?

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