Social Sciences and History / Unit 1 SSH 0011 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The French and Indian War and the Debt
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The idea
Britain and France fought for eastern North America for almost eighty years. The French and Indian War, seventeen fifty-four to sixty-three, ended it: the Treaty of Paris removed New France and gave Britain everything east of the Mississippi.
In practice
Native allies tipping the balance midway through the war.
Where people slip
The debt and the Proclamation Line of seventeen sixty-three began the reforms colonists resented.
Your place on the trail
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