HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Milice, Sept, Malachite
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Reading: bumsted, 70-91 including embedded texts on the acadians (pp. Robin winks, slavery, the loyalists and english canada, 1760-1801" in walker, ed. , He led the arms expedition of more than 10,000 men who captured quebec on sept 13 1759. That battle between french regular and british regular and irregular forces. Led to surrender of most of french territory in north america to great britain. Major territories of french will not pass to great britain, all the the ppl in that territory. Instead of new france, it becomes quebec. Introduction of the common law: legal code to govern interactions with individuals within community and people. British are good at exporting people and culture throughout all areas of the world. Seven year war: last war between french and britain over americas 1756-1763. Movement by the french into the ohio valley. Apalache mountains act as a retardant to settlement. French constitute a french to north eastern colonies and and trade of north east.