RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT OVER THE NEW WORLD

In the 1600’s, who owned what?

French- settled the St. Lawrence valley, a few small communities on the east coast of Nova Scotia (Acadia), New Brunswick, fishing grounds on the west coast of Newfoundland, and some areas west

France also controlled sugar cane plantations in the West Indies, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Santa Domingo (now Haiti)

English- settled the “13 colonies” along the eastern coast and by 1670 had trading rights to lands drained by Hudson Bay

What were they involved in economically?

French -mostly involved in farming (seigneurial system), fishing, and the fur trade. Attempted to stay on good terms with the Huron and Mi’qmaq tribes

English – mostly involved in urban expansion and commercial development. Although often involved with Iroquois, generally regarded native peoples as a nuisance

Treaty of Utrecht

In Europe in 1689 war broke out between France and England In 1710, English captured Port-Royal and renamed it Annapolis

Royal 1713- war was ended by the Treaty of Utrecht France gave up Acadia, Newfoundland, and all claims to fur areas

in Hudson Bay and south of the Great Lakes They kept small parts New Brunswick, P.E.I. And Cape Breton As a result they were more or less surrounded by the English Also, they were Catholic and the English were mostly Protestant

As a result…

The sea lanes to the St. Lawrence were under British control

The supply route to New France was jeopardized The fur trade was jeopardized So in 1719 France started building a fortress on the

northeastern tip of Isle Royale (Cape Breton)-Louisbourg

What did the English do then?

They used the War of the Austrian Succession in Europe as an excuse to blockade Louisbourg, cutting it off from supplies from France

It surrendered to the English in 1745 But then the War ended in 1748 by the Treaty of

Aix-la- Chapelle