HIS263Y1 Lecture : the seven year's war and the fate of the empire in north america
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The seven years war and the fate of empire in north america. Beginnings: came into contact with two people: english fur traders, and land hungry settlers, english system of land tenour premogeniture (land is passed down from male head of household to oldest son). It is ambiguously a male dominant system of land: as anglo-american population expands younger sons and families are constantly pushed westward in search of fertile land, governor of new france seeks to control french control. As a result, french military contingents are sent out to the territory of pennsylvania. They are set out to create a fort in this area called fort duquesne: no sooner, would they clash with english soldiers (anglo-american) who were led by george washington. These clashes are inconclusive, but they are bound up with a larger struggle. In it"s grander sense this is known as the 7 years war: violence that takes place in north american occurred from (1754-1760).
