French and Indian War

prevent attacks by Native Americans on their forts and outposts

eventually expand into Canada

merge their landholdings from Canada to the Mississippi Valley

exploit the lumber trade

relations between the French and American colonists improved dramatically.

France was able to hold on to Canada but lost the rest of its North American empire.

the Americans and British developed a mutual respect for each other's military abilities

Britain felt it necessary to abandon the practice of salutary neglect

Queen Anne's War

King William's War

The Seven Years' War

the War of Austrian sucession

the Ohio River Valley

the Mississippi River

The Great Lakes

Cape Britain Island

achieve colonial unity

propose independence of the colonies from Britain

declare war on the Iroquois tribe

prohibit New England and New York from trading with the French

the British got all of Canada except Nova Scotia

England turned Florida over to Spain

Spain ceded all of Louisiana, including New Orleans to Britain

France surrendered all of its territorial claims in North America

gained control of Louisiana

became the dominant power in North America

gained exclusive control of the slave trade

annexed the island of Cuba

prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

was warmly received by American land speculators

declared war on Chief Pontiac and his fierce warriors

opened Canada to American settlement

work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem

oppress the colonists

show the power of parliament

punish the Indians

American colonists obeyed the law they hated

relations between the American colonies and the British government improved

American colonists moved west, defying the proclamation

the American colonies believed their destiny had been destroyed