The Duel for North America

  • St. Batholomew's Day
    Sep 13, 1572

    St. Batholomew's Day

    over ten thousand Huguenots - men, women and children were killed in cold blood by Roman Catholics.
  • Edit of Nantes

    Edit of Nantes

    granted limited toleration to French Protestens therefore releigious wars ceased and in the new century France grew into the most mighty nation on the Euopean continent.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    the founding of the first city in America; Jamestown; in virgina.
  • colonizing of Que'bec

    colonizing of Que'bec

    Champlain colonizes Que'bec for France. The French start inhabiting the North American continent.
  • Louis XLV

    Louis XLV

    Louis XLV becomes king of France.
  • Schenectady

    Schenectady

    Schenectady was burned to the gound in a raid.
  • French Fur Trading

    French Fur Trading

    the french recruited indianas into trading fur. By this time there were atleast four hundred fur canoes in business.
  • Robert de la Salle

    Robert de la Salle

    La salle sailed down the Mississippi river to find were it meets with the Gulf.
  • Peace at Utrecht

    Peace at Utrecht

    the peace treaty revealed how France and Spain were deferated in Queen Anne's war.
  • New Orleans

    New Orleans

    New orleans is founded.
  • War of Jenkin's Ear

    War of Jenkin's Ear

    War broke out between the British and the Spainards.
  • New France

    New France

    only 60 thousand white people inhabited New France.
  • George Washington becomes known

    George Washington becomes known

    Washington was sent to the Ohio Country as a Lieutenant colonel in command over 150 militiamen.
  • French and Indiana war

    French and Indiana war

    Began in America in the Ohio Valley with Washington leading the way.
  • British Invasion

    British Invasion

    they launched a full-scale attack on Canada and brought the english settlers into the war.
  • William Pitt

    William Pitt

    Pitt becomes a leader in the London gov. Started lauching attaks on the French West Indies.
  • Battle of Que'bec

    Battle of Que'bec

    A great turning point in British history. French power was pushed off the North American continent (Cananda) and back in Europe. Has a minority of French in canada today; Que'bec.
  • Ottawa chief Pontiac

    Ottawa chief Pontiac

    Pontiac laid siege on Detroit in the spring and later overan all but 3 British posts west of the Appalachians.
  • London gov

    London gov

    the London gov. issued its Proclamation which porhibited the settlement in the area beyond the Appalachians.