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The Struggle for Power
The desire for wealth leads to the need for control over the land (colonization). -
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Map of World Languages
Factors that determine what language is spoken in a colony are:
1. language of the founder of the land (European Explorer)
2. the victor of a war
3. language of cultures that are traded with -
The Explorers
Jaques Cartier: discovered a resource (the beaver pelt) that could make people very wealthy, and therefore a reason to stay Samuel de Champlain: created the first permanent settlement in New France, considered the "Father of New France" -
Seigneural System
One person (seignuer) owned the land and he would rent sections of it to French farmers (habitants) -
Wars Between Britain and France
The wars between Britain and France were conflicts that appeared when they both struggled for power and wealth. These wars in Europe and the New World reflected each other (the times of the wars were very close). -
Expulsion of the Acadians
Acadians were banished from their land (the Maritimes) by the British soldiers. Many went to Louisiana. It was a difficult journey, many people died attempting it. -
The Seven Years War
British Strategy:
-send more troops than the French
-attack on 3 fronts (Louisbourg, Ohio Valley, Quebec City)
French had many more forts than British
The War ended when the British took Montreal -
Battle on the Plains of Abraham
British commander James Wolfe organized his troops in a mile wide line. The British defeated the French troops led by Montcalm. This battle signified the beginning of the end of the war. -
British Military Rule
1760-1763
When the war was over, the British Military were in charge of runnning New France. They let the French Canadiens keep their culture, language and seigneural system; they only expelled the leaders.
