HIST 13A Lecture 18: War in America
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Origins: british fear of encirclement by catholic france; competing claims to the ohio valley; treaty of lancaster (1744) and the ohio company; a. Treaty of utrecht - 1740s - wary game of politics and diplomacy; peace but tensions all the time. Really conscious of the fact that the french are better at making allies with the native americans. Land speculation companies; french begin to move down ohio river and build forts as they go to claim with the help of their alliances with the. Strategic strengths and weaknesses (not clear at the outset who has the overall better advantage): New france - a unitary colony; better indian relations. More extensive and solid alliances with the native americans (not really with the iroquois although they did have factions)
