HIST 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Stamp Act Congress, Tax Collector, British Land
Document Summary
Spanish on-going effort trying to turn indians into catholics. Many missionaries also tried to turn them into sedentary farmers. The french are who the british have to worry about not the spanish. French and british tensions creating french and indian war. Native american tribes siding with french, interest in kicking the british out trying to get old lands back. George washington fought in this war became a public figure. Treaty of paris states that all land east of mississippi is now british land. The lands that are not in the 13 th colonies were for colonist to move in eventually. Many indian reserves were there and they had to move when colonist wanted to move in. Proclamation line divides land won from the french"s land. Florida was spanish all the way up til 1890. British went out of their way to beat the french. A lot of native american attacks in the mid-west.
