HISTORY 5.1 NOTES

North America

• Importants

• settled along the atlantic coast

• settled along the st. lawrance river in the great lakes region

british

• important

• settled along the atlatntic coast

• settled along the st. lawrance river in the great lakes region

french

• importants

• settled along the atlantic coast

• settled along the st. lawrance river in the great lakes region

Both Groups

• Important

• Claimed the whole continent; wanted control of fur trade; led to conflict

• Settled along the st. lawrence river in the Great Lakes region

• Settled along the atlantic coast

French

Strengths

• Built support of native american tribes

• strong and unified government

• Built forts at strategic points along waterways

• • Had a well-trained army 

• Had a well-built navy

French weaknesses

• wasen't importanat

• • Difficult to defend 

• • Was a vast territory 

• • Sparsely populated french settlements 

• Had a weak- army

British

Strengths

• Strongest army in the world

• • Fifteen times the population of New france 

• • Support of the iroquois- strongest confederation of indian tribes in america 

• • Strongest navy in the world  

• support of the wonkanog- stronger confederation of indian tribes in America

British

Weaknesses 

• • Little cooperation between colonies and the british government

• • Lack of unity among its colonies 

• • Lack of central organization in colonies 

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• Was a vast territory

• • Colonies’ unwillingness to help other colonies; each protected own interest ( selfish) 

The fourth was was the what? Fow how long?

Outbreak of the War

• French- feared that british settlers would disrupt the french fur trade

• Immediate cause- control of ohio valley where the allegheny and monongahela rivers join to form the ohio river

• • british - hoped to open the region to settlement 

• • French had a strong fort in place called Fort duquesne

• • Fighting erupted between washington and the french