France & Spain in North America: 1686 - 1763
Wars for Empire• 1689 = William and Mary become King &
Queen of England• 1689 - 1697 = War of the League of
Augsburg/King William’s War/Second Hundred Years War
• 1702 – 1713 = Queen Anne’s War/War of Spanish Succession
• 1739 = War of Jenkin’s Ear• 1740 – 1748 = King George’s War/War of
Austrian Succession
Why did these wars matter?
• Fighting in both Europe & America
• Little change in land boundaries
• Resentment in America
French & Indian War/7 Years War• France & England
compete for the fur trade in North America
• French ally with most Native Americans
• England ally with Iroquois
• Colonists provide supplies & soldiers
• Spain enters war in 1762
Cajuns• England
conquers Acadia
• French Catholic Acadians deported & moved
to Louisiana
Results of Peace of Paris
• France gave England Canada & land East of the Mississippi River
• Spain gave Florida to England
• France gave Louisiana to Spain
• Spanish Floridians fled to Cuba
Why does this war matter?
• England now sees colonies as market for manufactured goods
• Canada & Florida now under English rule• First close contact between English and
colonists• Americans more confident about challenging
England• Americans still loyal to England
What about Spain?