HST 307 Final: Lecture4_The Fall of New France
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French and british fighting in the ohio valley. One million british on the coast compared to the thousands of french. French would slotter everyone in little cities. Britished land an army 1759, go through noigh valley. British moved very slowly because the french continued to ambush them. The attack, amherst and wolfe (french) o. Fought european style where they stood soldier by soldier: arm dissolved, since every one ran like militia not wanting to be killed o. The loss of quebec and the surrender of the colony o o. The militia couldn"t continue to fight since they were farms and need to go back to work. The peace treaty of 1763 - guadaloupe vs. new france o. The french could have taken guadaloupe (this is a place where sugar is made) or new. The french gave up new france and keep guadaloupe.
