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 & trade in India

• 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 & move

to Louisiana

Results of Peace of Paris

• France gave Canada & land East of Mississippi River to England

• Spain gives Florida to England

• France gives Louisiana to Spain

• Spanish Floridians flee 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?