Struggles for north america

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Struggles for North America

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Struggles for North America

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New France

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

Population grew slowly

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The 13 English Colonies

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

Signed an agreement among the people

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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

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GovernmentAppointed royal governors Parliament passed laws to regulate colonial

tradeEach colony had its own representative

assembly elected by propertied men

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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

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

became highways for settlers moving west

Native Americans