1763 North American Colonies

There are two different opinions of what actually happened from 1688 to 1763. IF you were able to ask an early colonist, they would tell you it was a time of great opportunity. A time when England had loosened the reigns, so to speak, so that the colonists could grow and create a new way of life for themselves. Now if you were able to ask the same question to King William, or Queen Anne, or even King George. The answer would be much different. You would get details of long drawn out wars, and be told about the struggle it was to maintain these wars and the colonies at the same time. You might even hear about the fight to keep land in North America from France. As you can tell this time in history had major impacts in two completely different …show more content…
England was not the only place that had their eyes on North America, France was intrigued with the opportunities available in the continent as well. Thus, creating a conflict between England and France. England had already established colonies that were thriving very well in North America. France had been attempting this but not growing as much as England was. They both realized who ever had the most land would be the one to take rule over North America. This was what started the friction between the two. Another thing that contributed was the fact that the Natives took a better liking towards France due to the fact that they were not focused on changing the Natives but rather on learning from them. At any rate expansion and conquering was what became the goal of England and France. France fur traders and English fur traders were in high competition to have the largest spread trade among North America. This is what had created the French and Indian War. There were a lot of battles fought during the war the most important ones were the first and the last. The first, labelled as Braddock’s Defeat July 1755, was an ambush by the French were the General Braddock even died. After this battle almost all of the Native American tribes had aligned with the French, the reason behind the war being called The French and Indian War. Even though they had lost the first battle the last one was a different story entirely. British General James Wolfe, had slowly conquered Quebec in 1759, after its long time standing of being impregnable. Even though Wolfe and the French Commander Marquis de Montcalm, had both died. Britain was named the victor of the battle. Soon after Quebec was conquered the Treaty of Paris was passed in 1763 and the French and Indian War had finally come to a close, leaving England with more land in North America and France with none. This was a major accomplishment for