HIST 1082 Study Guide - Triangular Trade, Creamware, Shared Experience
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The dawn of the age of revolution 12/7/12: british government appointed jeffery amherst as governor general of north america, commander at siege of louisbourg and surrender of quebec from french military in 1760s. Wasn"t as successful as governor general because he didn"t really understand culture/political balance french had been maintaining in trade and military alliance with native americans: unable to see beyond the stereotypes he had about native. Americans and didn"t think they were capable of any political or cultural sophistication: amherst policies toward n. americans thoroughly alienated them, coordinated native american uprising across frontier and from maryland to. As fur trade picked up, many native american groups willingly adapted. Came to depend on european goods and reoriented their economies/politics to meet demands of fur trade in order to get these goods. Posed no problems as long as trade market was working between french and indians: when trade system broke down, system of alliance shifted to.
