Joining the Empire, 1690-1763
Early American Social History
Term 2, Week 9.
North America in 1700
Wars (1)
• War of the League
of Augsburg (King
William’s War)
1689-1697
• War of Spanish
Succession
(Queen Anne’s
War) 1701-1713
Newfoundland
• T of U acknowledges
GB control of NFD.
Previously settled,
but privately. Mainly
GB popn, (7,500 in
1750)
Nova Scotia
• 1710 conquest of Acadia
(except for Ille Royale)
recognised by T of U.
• Founding of Halifax,
replaced Port Royal as
capital, migration
encouraged from GB.
Georgia
• Founded 1733 as buffer
for South Carolina and as
haven for poor
protestants.
• Georgia ‘plan’
• Georgia’s plantation
economy, further
territorial expansion,
Indian cessions
Wars (2)
• War of Austrian
Succession (King
George’s War)
1744-1748
North
America
1750
Seven Years War (French and
Indian War) 1754 (6)- 1763
Fall of Canada
Three
Pronged
attack
1758-9
Capture of Louisbourg
Destroyed in 1760
after capture in July
1758
Capture of Quebec
Battle of Plains of Abraham
outside Quebec City, Sept
13, 1759. British victory,
both commanders killed
Death of General Wolfe
(Benjamin West, 1770)
Gen Amherst captures
Montreal 1760, ending Fr
rule in Canada
End of the War
Before and After 1763
Floridas
Quebec
Foundation of 18 British Colonies
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Virginia 1607
Massachusetts 1630
Maryland 1634
Connecticut 1636
Rhode Island 1638
South Carolina 1663
North Carolina 1663
New York 1664
New Jersey 1664
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New Hampshire 1679
Pennsylvania 1681
Delaware 1683
Nova Scotia 1713
Newfoundland 1713
Georgia 1733
East Florida 1763
West Florida 1763
Quebec 1774
Possible new colonies
Conclusion
• Britain at height of power in 1763.
Controlled North America and India, and
had good working relationship with various
colonies.
• Potential for Britain to dominate world, but
seeds of destruction already sown.