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The Ohio Valley - The Treaty of Easton
This was a very important region as the rivers were still a main way of transportation for the French, the British and the Native Nations. France considered it as Part of New France and the British claimed it as part of Virginia.
The Treaty of Easton (1758) ended the alliance between the Indigenous nations and the French during the Seven Year’s War (1756-63). In turn the British guaranteed protection of Indigenous lands from Anglo-American colonists. -
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The Governorship of James Murray.
He was sworn in as the first civil governor of the province of Quebec and was in favor of the hardworking, agricultural, French-speaking inhabitants. He allowed the French civil law to stay in power resulting in alienating the merchants and complaints against him. -
Pontiac's Resistance
The British assumed they ruled all of North America, including the Native nations. The Native nations devised a strategy to drive the British soldiers from all the forts and trading posts in their territory. The British army was retreating and they struggled to win back the forts. General Jeffery Amhurst ordered blankets infected with smallpox to be distributed among the Native nations resulting in mass infections and casualties. -
The Royal Proclamation.
New France (1608-1763) was defeated by the British in 1759-1760. This gave rise to the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the new province of Quebec was under British control. It would ensure the British absolute power in that the British monarch had the power to buy and sell land belonging to the Indigenous people. -
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Discontent in the 13 Colonies.
The American colonists were growing frustrated with the Quebec Act and others, referring to them as “intolerable acts”. These acts resulted in tension in the 13 Colonies breaking the bond between the colonists and the British monarch. The colonists were upset by the fact that they had to pay taxes that was passed in England and not by their governments. These acts were condemned by the American colonists as unfair and autocratic and they felt it their duty to fight for their rights. -
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The Governorship of Guy Carleton.
He was instrumental in passing the Quebec Act in 1774 and was also responsible for the French to keep their civil law and for the Act to be in favor of the Roman Catholic church. -
The Quebec Act 1774.
The Act had put an end to The Royal Proclamation of 1763 whose goal was to rule the French in such a way they would lose their language, culture, land and religion and be absorbed into the British way and language. It aimed to gain the loyalty of the French colonists by allowing them to practice their Catholic faith and keeping their land. English speaking colonists and merchants were not in favor of these new changes. -
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American War if Independence.
It was the result of the 13 British North American colonies in the United States that wanted independence from the British rule and taxes. They were rebel militia that looked for support, by force if necessary. -
The Treaty of Paris 1783.
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution, recognized American independence and pointed out the boundary between the newly-independent American colonies and remaining British territories in North America.