US History › Section B · Colonial societies and the English empire › Topic B.8
Wars for empire and the French and Indian War
Between 1689 and 1763 Britain and France fought four wars that spilled into North America, with Native nations as powerful players in each. The last, the French and Indian War, drove France from the continent and left Britain with a vast empire and a crushing debt.
In this topic
- Generations of war
- King William's and Queen Anne's wars
- Worked example: a captive who stayed
- Jenkins' Ear and King George's War
- The struggle for the Ohio Valley
- 1754: Washington and the Albany Congress
- Worked example: "Join, or Die"
- Early British defeats
- The tide turns
- The Treaty of Paris, 1763
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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