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8. America's Place in the Global Struggle

New France, the French and Indian War, the young Washington's part in it, and the peace of 1763 that changed what the colonies owed the crown.

8. America's Place in the Global Struggle

The New World was only a small piece of a struggle for global domination between England and France. During the 1600s, France was the dominant power on the Eur…

8a. New France

French explorer Champlain had visited and mapped the New England coast a number of times before the Pilgrims arrived in 1620. This map of New France was drawn…

8b. The French and Indian War

General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian Benjamin West, ca 1766 Round four of the global struggle between…

8c. George Washington's Background and Experience

Colonial Williamsburg FoundationMiniature portrait of George Washington painted by Archibald Robertson in Philadelphia, 1791-1792 Few figures loom as large in…

8d. The Treaty of Paris (1763) and Its Impact

Carnegie Library of PittsburghWilliam Pitt, the elder, was appointed by King George II to be secretary of state, in charge of military affairs and colonial pol…