The Climactic Seven Years War

The French and Indian War

War and the Management of Empire

The Glorious RevolutionQueen Anne’s War, the Peace of UtrechtEconomic RegulationsMolasses Act, 1733

King George’ s War

Outbreak of HostilitiesPopulation Explosion in English Colonies250,000 people in colonies in 17001.25 million in 17501.75 million in 1760

“Join or Die”General Braddock at Fort DuquesneWilliam Pitt

North America in 1750

Tribal StrategiesOhio River IndiansIroquois

Consequences of WarTreaty of Paris, 1763

Spain acquired vast Louisiana territory west of Mississippi River

British acquired Florida and Canada.Proclamation of 1763

Economic and Social Consequences

Convinced colonists of growing strength, yet left them debt-ridden and weakened in man power.Spurred economic development and brought in British capital, but made colonial economy vulnerable to English cyclic fluctuation.War widows and fatherless children in poverty, need of aid.Laboring class suffered greatly, rising prices and less demand.Legislative assemblies gained more power.Military and political leaders trained.Colonists traveled vast lands, west appeared open for exploitation.British and colonies in debt.Colonists, free of French and Spanish threat, began to think about going it alone.Colonists saw British as fallible.British thought colonists unreliable and poor fighters.