North America 1713-1800

Treaty of Portsmouth is signed on July, 1713. On the eastern coast of Portsmouth.
The British agree to not build on
Wabanaki land, and the Wabanaki
agree to not attack the British. - Gabriel

The Acadian Expulsion is something that
happened between 1755 and 1763, when
Acadians we removed from their homes
in a rather violent way. They had their
homes destroyed, while being forced to
go into a new strange territory. It is still
debated whether this was necessary or
was it cruel and unneeded. -Gabriel

A competition to control the Ohio
River Valley started between the
British and the French, because
it would allow them to Ohio River
which they used for transportation.
When the British tried to drive the
French out, the French reacted by
attacking British colonists around
the frontier and setting their homes
on fire. - Gabriel

Seven Years’ War: An overall bloody war that commenced in May 1756, and it started with the British wanting to fight for the Fortress Louisbourg against the French, which later grew into even more conflicts in a lot of countries like Europe, Central America, West Africa, India and the Philippines. They were mainly having a confusion over North American land claims, and that’s one of the reasons why some maps had disputed territories, mainly consisting of French allies and the British. It ended in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris where the French lost nearly all of their land claims in North America and their trading posts while Great Britain gained Canada including all the east lands of Mississippi and Florida too. - Sammy

Battle For The Heart of New France: A conflict that occurred in the early morning hours of September 13, 1759 within Quebec City and was the purchase of Canada by Great Britain during the Seven Years’ War that mainly resulted as a British victory due to the Treaty of Paris. The French had a devastating loss because of the sneakiness including trying to speak fluent French from the British, and had been ambushed a ton which led to the fall of Quebec City. - Sammy

Mercantilism was a economic system based
on countries trying to sell their goods to other
countries while trying to buy as little as possible
from others. This idea caused exploration to be
a very useful, due to the fact it allows more
resources to sell. In 1754 British troops were sent
North America and started attacking French forts.
They also seized French merchant ships. - Gabriel

Creation of a Royal Proclamation: An official proclamation that was initially provided by King George III in 1763 to make sure that the British gained the territories right after the Seven Years’ War, including writing statements outlining new rules for all the people who were living in North America. It also clearly reserved land for First Nations and promised the hunting and fishing rights, meaning they were establishing peace along with the French in case another war occurred while life under British rule had overall bad impacts especially on New France soldiers and civilians. The economic benefits for Great Britain lasted until the eve of the American Revolutionary War because they gave up the land in question to the US in the Treaty of Paris (1783). - Sammy

On the 16th of December 1773, protestors seized ships on the Boston harbour, dressed as first nations. They threw the tea in the water, due to the harsh taxes put onto them. This event is now known as the Boston Tea Party. - Gabriel

Quebec Act: An agreement led by Carleton where he pushed through the Quebec Act of 1774, which mainly expanded the borders of the province while restoring the Seigneurial system and the French’s civil law system while still maintaining British criminal law in the province of Quebec. In addition, it allowed French Catholics to obtain better jobs in the government, led the French practice their style of law and gave more power to the Catholic Church too which means the Church could collect tithes (money) even after the Royal Proclamation. Overall, it had an astonishing impact on the French while still not having many confusions with the British and ended almost two decades later in 1791. - Sammy

American Revolution: An overall political and military struggle occurred between 1765 and 1783 when tensions grew between some British colonists and the British government which impacted the colonists in an unpleasant way like charging them taxes on goods from Britain such as sugar and stamps but they were taxed way more than usual. They primarily wanted representation and political rights, which grew even more tensions between these two groups. As a result of the rebellion that OFFICIALLY began in the 1770s and ending with a peace treaty in 1783, the colonies won their freedom and continued on to form the United States of America. -Sammy

The constitutional act was
passed to ease tensions
between between the loyalists
and the people in Quebec. To
solve the issue the split Quebec
into upper Canada, and lower
Canada. - Gabriel