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    takes place during the French and Indian War, meaning it took place in the mid to late 1750’s or the early 1760’s. The story begins in a forest on the outside of New York, where Heyward Duncan and two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, are being escorted through the forest by Magua, an Indian of the Huron tribe. The purpose of the escort is to bring the sisters to visit their father, who is in the fort called William Henry in New York, which at the time was under attack by the French Army. Little do…

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    the people actually expanding, but never consider the people affected by it. For example, expansion in the new world had a negative effect on the Native Americans in North America. The worst effects can be seen in The Columbian Exchange, The French and Indian Wars, and the loss of Indian land. The Columbian exchange was an event where plants, animals, and culture were transported and exchanged between the Eastern and Western hemisphere. These exchanges changed the lives of not only the…

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    George Washington was a highly favored and blessed man. A man of integrity, a man of valor, and an emboldened man who people loved. George Washington was a man of repute who was a monumental figure in founding our country. One of a kind and infamous in the eyes of our country. George Washington has placed his mark on history. Centuries later he is a legend of our starving and desolate country. Whose very freedoms that he helped to establish and fought for are at stake. George Washington was an…

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    Britain, the parent country. The colonists created a prosperous economy through hard work based on trade and agriculture eventually governing themselves. The French and Indian war, created less need for colonial British protection and drove in a set of policies that drove the colonies towards their separation. The policies that emerged soon after the war carried on until 1776 when the declaration of independence took place. Before that, British had a set of policies that aimed at alleviating the…

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    severing our personal economics and that the colonies would never be seen as independent while having such a strong reliance to Britain. Thomas Paine explained that England is entangled with kingdoms, kings, and monarchies. So each time England went to war with another country, American trade was subsided to that country resulting from Britain’s conflict, because of the tie between the colonies and…

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    proper way through English imports and illegal. Until the French and Indian War, economically things flourish by being self sufficient. This war changes the attitude that America and England had with each other. During the salutary neglect, colonists did as they pleased without bothering Britain. The same happened while the French and Indian War occurred, but these issues soon arose. Americans were still trading with the French advanced the war longer than needed. This angered many people over…

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    were moving west from the Atlantic coast and starting to cross into the Ohio River Valley(territory of the Spanish). The Spanish occupied a huge area extending from the Gulf of California, across the desert to the Gulf Coast and finally Florida. The French settled primarily in New France.The changes in North America were dramatic for the Native Americans as their whole view and standpoint in their world had started changing . European expansion displaced many indigenous peoples who had settled…

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    The French and Indian War is considered the ‘Forgotten War” (Hanson 2014). The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years’ War, took place in North America’s region of Virginia, all the way to Nova Scotia. This battle is considered the starting off point for the American Revolution, which will take place in a few short years. Britain, with the help of the Iroquois, and France, with the help Algonquins, were the main fighters of this war. This war was ignited due to the passing of the…

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    engaged in it would seem several wars throughout history. By the 1700s Great Britain was in jeopardy of continuing to maintain a strong union of military defense. The British had no outside allies, would join forces with in an effort to push the French out of the Mississippi Valley. Therefore, British, its colonies, and Native Americans had to go to war against the French alone. On May 18, 1756 British declared war known today as the “French and Indian War. This war would cost the British…

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    and European settlement, there have been many influences. One of the biggest influences has been greed from 1492-1815; this greed has been present in the Spanish, French, and British colonies. This greed was a key factor in the finding and development of the above people. The following will look at specific examples in the Spanish, French, and British colonies as well as examples from the book A Midwife 's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Starting in 1492 the Spanish came and conquered the…

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