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Conquest of France
ULTIMATE TRIGGER
Early in the war the French attacked the British forts with Indigenous allies
LONG TERM CAUSES
decades of fighting over land during Seven Years war
Treaty of Utrecht
Key Battles (Deciding Factors)
-Battle of the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City (both generals Wolfe and Montcalm died) and was the key battle in the conquest of New France
-Montreal falls to the British in 1760
1758 attack on Louisbourg by Major General Jeffery Amherst
SHORT TERM CAUSES
-the British saw that the colonies in North America were becoming more valuable
British army was stronger and outnumbered the French
French were too dependent on fur trading but ritish had a more variety of their economy
3 MOST IMPORTANT CAUSES
1.France and Britain were at war so the North American colonies were fighting too
land
control of trading
HOW DID THE CONQUEST AFFECT FRENCH PEOPLES LIVES?
The Proclamation of 1763 said that the French were now a British Colony
French lived 11 years under Military rule
The Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years War and took all the French land
the British wanted the French to
assimilate
the French were Catholic and the British were Protestant and the French
How did the French help themselves?
the French had a strong language, culture, and traditions and wanted to keep them.
The Quebec Act in 1774 gave the French back some of their land an powers
General Montcalm (French) General Wolfe (British)
