Struggles for North America

New France

French Explorers and Fur Traders claimed land from Quebec to the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi to Louisiana

Population grew slowly

The 13 English Colonies

Early SettlersJamestown, Virginia: built in 16071620 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, MA

Signed an agreement among the people

New EnglandSettlers were farmers who transferred to America the village life they had enjoyed in England

Southern Coloniesemerged a plantation economy based on tobacco, rice, and other crops

GovernmentAppointed royal governors Parliament passed laws to regulate colonial

tradeEach colony had its own representative

assembly elected by propertied men

British – French RivalryFrench and Indian War (1754 to 1763)British wonPeace Treaty of Paris 1763 ensured British

dominanceFrance ceded Canada and its lands east of

Mississippi River to Britain.French lost India

• Disease weakened or killed large numbers• Trails blazed by Indians

became highways for settlers moving west

Native Americans