Topics

• How did the Spanish and French empires in America develop in the 18th century?

• What was the impact of the Seven Years’ War?

• PA#4

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• European History

• Seven Year’s War

• 1756-1763

• U.S. History

• French & Indian War

• 1754-1763

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• Spanish North America

– A vast territorial empire on paper.

– The Spanish population in Spain’s North American empire remained relatively small and sparse.

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Spain ordered the colonization of

California in response to a perceived Russian threat.

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1806 Russians visit S.F. Love story

• Count Nikolali Petrovich Rezanov

• Concepcion Arguello

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The Raising of the Cross on Presidio Hill at San Diego James S. Copley Library, La Jolla CA

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• Junípero Serra founded the first mission in San Diego in 1769.

– California was a mission frontier.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/attack-on-statue-of-new-saint-junipero-serra-digs-up-old-

conflicts.html?_r=0

http://abc7.com/religion/native-americans-protest-father-junipero-serras-soon-to-

be-sainthood/693153/

The French Empire

10 A sketch of New Orleans as it appeared in 1720.

• The Middle Ground

– The government of Virginia gave an immense land grant in 1749 to the Ohio Company.

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What is a frontier?

What are some popular notions of the

Western frontier of 19th century?

George Washington as Captain in the French and Indian War by Junius Brutus Stearns, oil on canvas, circa 1849-1856.

Source - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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– The Peace of Paris in 1763 resulted in the expulsion of France from North America.

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The Proclamation Line 1763

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