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Join, or Die. is a political cartoon showing the disunity in the American colonies, originally in the context of the French and Indian War in 1754. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin , the original publication by The Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754, [ 1 ] is the earliest known pictorial representation of colonial union produced by an American ...
English: Locator map of the competing sides of the Seven Years War before outset of the war (mid-1750s). Blue: Great Britain, Portugal with more. Green: France, Spain with more.
Map of the British and French settlements in North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763), which was part of the Seven Years' War The boundary between British and French possessions in North America was largely undefined in the 1750s.
English: Map of the French and Indian War. Français : Carte de la guerre de la Conquête (1754 - 176.0) en Amérique du Nord. Guerre de Sept Ans en Europe (1755 - 1763).
Two years into the war, in 1756, Great Britain declared war on France, beginning the worldwide Seven Years' War. Many view the French and Indian War as being merely the American theater of this conflict; however, in the United States the French and Indian War is viewed as a singular conflict which was not associated with any European war. [7]
The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. It was signed by Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. Preferring to keep Guadeloupe, France gave up Canada and all of its claims to territory east of the Mississippi River to Britain. [4]
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille des Plaines d'Abraham, Première bataille de Québec), was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War (referred to as the French and Indian War to describe the North American theatre).
Natives also adopted French habits, like chief Kondiaronk who wanted to be buried in his uniform of captain or Kateri Tekakwitha who became a Catholic Saint. French settlers and natives were allied in every conflict preceding the Seven Years' War: Father Rale's War, King George's War, Father Le Loutre's War.