From the early 1700s until the start of the Seven Years’ War in 1754, Great Britain and its colonies did not have a mutually beneficial relationship due to mercantilism and the 1651 Navigation Acts, which restricted the American colonies’ trade partners to only their mother country. This greatly narrowed their their trade options while simultaneously enriching the crown with the wealth of thirteen other territories.
The French and British maintained several differences in their colonization of North America. Settlers emigrated from each country for different reasons; the former were traders and explorers, and while some of the latter were as well, English settlers were primarily families or poor farmers. Immigrants to the New World were more likely to be English than French because the French tended to be happier in their own country than the English due to less civil strife. In terms of economy, France’s holdings received more income from fur trading, especially beaver, while …show more content…
While colonizing Quebec, the French were friendly with the Huron but enemies to the neighboring Iroquois, three of whom they had killed with guns soon after their arrival in the New World. This proved advantageous to the British, who partnered with the Iroquois of upper New York against the French in multiple conflicts including the Seven Years’ War. The Spanish eventually allied with the French, corralling the British colonies between two allied, enemy nations.
The French and Indian War began in 1754 when George Washington confronted a small batch of French troops and killed their leader in defense of a group of influential Virginians’ rights to land in the upper Ohio Valley. However, the conflict was not considered a full-scale war in Europe, where it’s called the Seven Years’ War, until Britain’s invasion of New France in
The French and British maintained several differences in their colonization of North America. Settlers emigrated from each country for different reasons; the former were traders and explorers, and while some of the latter were as well, English settlers were primarily families or poor farmers. Immigrants to the New World were more likely to be English than French because the French tended to be happier in their own country than the English due to less civil strife. In terms of economy, France’s holdings received more income from fur trading, especially beaver, while …show more content…
While colonizing Quebec, the French were friendly with the Huron but enemies to the neighboring Iroquois, three of whom they had killed with guns soon after their arrival in the New World. This proved advantageous to the British, who partnered with the Iroquois of upper New York against the French in multiple conflicts including the Seven Years’ War. The Spanish eventually allied with the French, corralling the British colonies between two allied, enemy nations.
The French and Indian War began in 1754 when George Washington confronted a small batch of French troops and killed their leader in defense of a group of influential Virginians’ rights to land in the upper Ohio Valley. However, the conflict was not considered a full-scale war in Europe, where it’s called the Seven Years’ War, until Britain’s invasion of New France in