History: Struggle for Control Key
Ideas
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The
French and British fought to control North America
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The
French was headed by General Montcalm
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The
British was headed by General Wolfe
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Both
struggled to control the western fur-trading area, rich farmlands and rich
fishing areas of the Atlantic coast
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Both
wanted to prevent each other from expansion
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Western
areas of control: Ohio Valley to Rocky Mountains
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Eastern
areas of control: Louisbourg, Halifax, Acadia
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British
competed with French over fur-trade.
Both depended on Aboriginals to supply their furs. British only interested in profits from area
and expanding Hudson’s Bay Company. French
interested in colonization through Seigneuries.
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Aboriginals
lost key hunting/gathering/survival skills because of cultural exchange of
goods from British and French
