The French and Indian War and the Imperial Tax Program (or…How to End Salutary Neglect in North America and Change The World Forever) Economic Theory – Mercantilism Scientific (enlightened thought?) tool for regulating colonial activity and re-integrating the colonies into the mother country Governments are responsible for overseeing, equipping, and managing natural resources – What not manage trade? Nations can defend themselves economically HOW? Tariffs are used to protect domestic activity and keep currency in the country and out of the pockets of your enemies Economic Theory in Action: Mercantilism can be used to target rivals – HOW? France became the model for centralizing and regulating the economy #1 Predictable tax revenue #2 Impose tariffs #3 Organize colonies to serve the mother country (put the colonies to work for you) #4 If this fails make the colonies join your war efforts REVISIT TALKING POINTS – European Settlement French did not succeed in creating strong settler society WHY NOT? Primary activity was religious Government saw only minimal returns from Colonization Forbade emigration of religious dissidents – Huguenots Unable to support/ fund additional` exploration The earliest contests among the European powers for control of North America, known to the British colonists as King William’s War (1689–1697) and Queen Anne’s War mostly pitted British colonists against the French with both sides recruiting whatever Indian allies they could. Neither France nor Britain at this stage considered America worth the commitment of large detachments of regular troops, so the combatants waged a kind of primitive guerrilla warfare. In the early history of America, settlers of often waged brutal conflicts with each other when their homelands went to war.
" Americans colonists are a most rude, depraved and degenerate race and it is a mortification to use that they speak English and can trace themselves from that stock" British Customs Clerk Facts: Known as the Seven Years War in Europe - France and the Indians vs England for control of North America . The Iroquois of New York were the only Indians to side with England 1753 – Gov. Dinwiddle of Virginia sent George Washington to instruct the French to leave the Allegheny-Monongahela Rivers area. Washington carried out assignment and then left 1754 – Instead of leaving the French built Fort Duquesne at the junction of the two rivers. Washington then returned and built nearby. The two groups had their first conflict in Great Meadows and the war officially began. The French won and Ft. Necessity was surrendered on July 4 1754 – Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of – it was the first major plan to unify the colonies with the goal of dealing with the common issues that existed – defense problems and Native American affairs. The plan was passed by the delegation in Albany, but the colonies rejected it, as did King George II. 1755 – General Braddock with about 2000 men – 1400 British regulars and 600 Virginia Militia men – launched a second attack on Ft. Duquesne with Lt. Col. George Washington as his second in command. The English were defeated again in the Battle of the Wilderness. Braddock was killed and Washington led the troops to Ft. Cumberland in Maryland 1756 – The fight intensifies in Europe. Prussia teams with England and Austria with France 1757 – The French take Ft. William Henry at Lake George, New York