PSC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Appalachian Mountains, Edward Braddock, James Wolfe
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In the late 1600"s and early 1700"s, spain, england, and france fought over territory in north america. The four big wars were: king william"s war, queen anne"s war, king george"s war, and the french and. In 1598, the edict of nantes was issued by the crown of france. French protestants, and stopped religious wars between the protestants and catholics. The leading figure was samuel de champlain, an intrepid soldier and explorer whose energy and leadership earned him the title "father of new france". The government of new france (canada) was under direct control of the king. The people did not elect any representative assemblies. New france contained one valuable resource - beaver. French catholic missionaries, notably the jesuits, tried to convert the indians to christianity and to save them from the fur trappers. Antoine cadillac- founded detroit in 1701 to thwart english settlers from pushing into the ohio valley.
