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​ = = ** Seven Years War **
 * By **
 * Hannah, Susan, and Nathan **

**The Seven Years War was a war between the British and the French starting in 1756 and ending in 1763. It all started because the British wanted more farmland, they wanted to trade with the First Nations, and they also wanted control of the fisheries and the St. Lawrence sea-ways. **


 * Important events during this war include: **
 * -Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759) **
 * -General Wolfe (British) vs. General Montcalm (French) **
 * -took place on a high cliff top, in a farmer’s field, on Canadian soil **
 * -bloodiest battle fought on Canadian soil **
 * -1 300 soldiers died as well as both generals (Wolfe and Montcalm) **


 * -French surrender at Montreal (1760) **
 * -although the war ended in Canada, it carried on in Europe until 1763 **


 * -Treaty of Paris (1763) **
 * -gave all French land to the British and in return received a small island **
 * -British had to decide what to do with the French ~evict, accommodate, or assimilate them **


 * -Royal Proclamation (1763) **
 * -French were assimilated **
 * -French became angry **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-October 1763, King George the Third of England signed it which told of Britain’s plan for the colony **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-British laws and institutions were brought in **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-this started bilingualism in Canada **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-Quebec Act (1774) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-assimilation didn’t work **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-French had a strong sense of culture, language, and religion **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-thirteen colonies to the south were getting upset under British rule **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">-French were given back their language and religion **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">This picture shows General Wolfe dying on the battle field during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (googleimages.ca) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some of the key names of the people who were involved in the Seven Years War include: **


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">NAMES OF THE PEOPLE ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">WHAT THEY DID ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">General James Wolfe ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Led they British in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">General Marquis De Montcalm ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Led the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Commander in Chief ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robert Edward Lee ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">USA Army Officer, Combat Engineer ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">George Washington ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Major of the Militia ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The first battle of the Seven Years War. (ph.warpathgames.com)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A famous painting of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. (thecanadianencyclopedia.com) **

The following link is a link to teachertube to watch a video about the Battle of Louisberg. []


 * ||< <span style="color: #910d91; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KEY BATTLE <span style="color: #ff0300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">DATES OF THE BATTLE <span style="color: #4afcfc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">LOCATION OF THE BATTLE ||  ||<   ||   ||<   ||


 * < Battle of the Plains of Abraham September 13 1759 Quebec city, Canada ||  ||<   ||   ||<   ||


 * < Battle of Lobositz October 1 1756 Lovosice, Czechrepublic

Battle of Louisbourg July 27 1758 Northeast coast of Nova Scotia ||  ||<   ||   ||<   ||   ||   ||

These battle were significant to the outcome of the war because without the Lobositz Battle the Seven Years War never would have started and without the Battle of the Plains of Abraham the Seven Years War never would have ended in Canada. Also, the Battle of Louisberg was important becuase the British wanted to take it over because it was French.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In the end British won, all French possessions became British except St.Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland. **

1. What was the Seven Years War? Explain!

2. True or False. Did the Americans come up to Canada to help?

3. Multiple Choice: What happened during the Quebec Act? a) the British were assimilated b) the French were assimilated c) the dog rode the horse d) the Americans were assimilated

4. Fill in the blank. This war was the ___ war ever fought on Canadian soil.

5. Who were the generals? What side did they fight for?