| A | B |
|---|
| Persecution of French Protestants (Huguenots) but do not allow them to New France | Slow population growth in New France and there is not the religious toleration in New France as in the 13 colonies |
| Harsh climate, fear of the Indians, the French govt. not being as interested in colonizing the New World, unattractive to women | Slow population growth in New France |
| Poor climate and lack of cities | New France relies on the fur trade as its primary economic activity |
| Small population compared to the British and the fur trade | The French have much better relations with the Native Americans than the English- much due to necessity |
| La Salle's expedition on the Mississippi River and shipwreck in Texas | Stakes a French claim to the Mississippi Valley (Louisiana) and Texas |
| Britain and France competing for the Ohio Valley | The Seven Years' War |
| The French expelling the French from Acadia | Rise of Cajun culture in Louisiana |
| George Washington sent to the Ohio Valley by the Governor of Virginia to challenge French claims | The Seven Years' War accidentally begins |
| The need for Britain to ensure the Iroquois remained loyal | The Albany Congress was called in 1754 |
| The Albany Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin | The plan for a colonial-wide assembly was rejected but it was an important step toward colonial unity |
| William Pitt takes over the British war effort | Britain focuses its strategy on capturing Canada and the war turned in favor of Britain |
| The fall of Quebec (1759) | Ends most of the fighting of the Seven Years' War in North America |
| The Treaty of Paris (1763) ends the Seven Years' War | France lost all North American possessions except two sugar islands (Guadalupe and Martinique) |
| The Seven Years' War's impact on colonial-British relations | Colonists feel they no longer need British military protection and a degree of disrespect |
| The British debt accumulated from the French and Indian Wars | Series of taxes (ex: the Stamp Act) passed after the French and Indian Wars |
| The British wanting to prevent costly Indian wars in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War | Proclamation of 1763 |
| The French fur trade | Decimated beaver population, expanded the French Empire across North America |
| The four world wars between 1688 and 1763 | Were echoed by four small wars between France and Britain in North America |
