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During much of the 1500s, the English watched as their rival grew wealthy because of their North American colonies.
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Sir Walter Raleigh made a first attempts to put English settlers in North America to Roanoke Island.
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English settlers tried to form a new colony on Roanoke Island under Governor John White.
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The colony disappeared. No one knows what happened to the settlers.
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The English finally settled its first successful, permanent colony.
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The British showed little respect for American Indian traditions.
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War broke out between the French and British. The Americian Indians were allies to the French. The war lasted nine years.
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The British captured Fort Detroit. Which was located in what is now Detroit, Michigan.
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An Ottawa chief named Pontiac led a rebellion with all of his Indian group allies against the British. Pontiac captured many British forts but still lost.
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Finally the French and Indian War ends with the British winning.
