Benjamin West, Death of General Wolfe (1771)
Sept 14 Warfare and Imperial Governance
Introduction
characteristics of the FBE
I. Rival empires
accesss to trade
territorial claims in Europe
dynastic claims
national prestige
| 1689-1697 | War of the League of Augsburg William and allies vs. Louis XIV |
King William's War | Treaty of Ryswick |
| 1701-1713 | War of the Spanish Succession Grand Alliance vs. Louis XIV |
Queen Anne’s War | Treaty of Utrecht: Gibraltar, Minorca, St. Kitts, Acadia, Hudson Bay, asiento |
| 1739-1748 | War of Jenkins Ear and War of the Austrian Succession Captain Robert Jenkins |
King George’s War | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: status quo ante bellum |
| 1756-1763 | Seven Years War | French & Indian War | Treaty of Paris: Minorca, Grenada, Domenica, St. Vincent, Tobago, New France, Cape Breton Island, Florida, n. America east of the Miss, Senegal, Bengal |
| 1775-1783 | War of American Independence | American Revolution | Treaty of Versailles |
Benjamin West, Death of General Wolfe (1771)
II. Outcomes of the SYW
A. Changes in imperial governance
military garrison of 10,000 troops
tightening of rule of colonial trade
curbing the use of paper money
Proclamation Line of 1763
raising revenue
B. "Infant" colonies and "ceded" colonies
the problem of "peopling" infant colonies
East Florida
James Grant
the problem of incorporating ceded colonies
Grenada, New France
C. Intensified Anglo-French rivalry
D. Migration
17th c vs. 18th c
