As during the French and Indian War, tribes created alliances with the two warring powers based on which one seemed to offer the tribes a better chance of keeping their lands and ways of life.
Colonial resentment toward the Proclamation Line, coupled with higher taxes to pay for the French and Indian War, eventually sparked the American Revolution a decade later. However, many went west anyway and encroached on Native American lands, sparking conflicts. The English created the Proclamation Line of 1763 to keep colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains to reduce hostilities. This opened a new era of conflict, as settlers from the thirteen English colonies along the east coast could now migrate west without worrying about the French. When the war ended in 1763, New France ceased to exist, and the Ohio River Valley now belonged to the English. Trading agreements often created military alliances, as allowing one’s European ally to be driven from an area may mean being denied trade by the victorious other European power.įrench and Native American forces attack the British in 1755, via the Illinois State Museum, SpringfieldĪs the war dragged on and became embroiled in the wider Seven Years’ War, the French lost several Native American allies as they made separate peace agreements with the English, who had become the winning power. The Illinois people also supported the French, having grown close to them through trading. These tribes preferred the French to the English, who were seen as much more eager to encroach on Native American lands.
In the Midwest, the French were aided by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes. Please check your inbox to activate your subscription Thank you! Despite initial French victories, Washington’s daring made him a war hero both in the English colonies and in England itself. In 1754, Virginia militia commander George Washington famously attacked these French forts, sparking the French and Indian War. However, the French had built forts in this territory in anticipation of English encroachment, and they had powerful Native American allies. The English colonies, having grown considerably, looked to expand westward into the Ohio River Valley. The French and Indian War A painting of Native Americans during the early days of the French and Indian War, via the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DCīy the early 1750s, tensions had risen sharply between the French and English in what is now the eastern part of the Midwest. Most notably, the French allied with the Choctaw during their wars against the English-allied Chickasaw during the early 1700s. Much of the political maneuvering of the French among conflicting tribes was driven by competing with the English, with France backing whichever tribe was opposed to the tribe backed by the English. However, some conflicts did occur, as the French would pick sides among warring tribes. Due to the low number of French, negotiations and trade were far safer than displays of force like those used by the Spanish to the south and English to the east. In New France, positive relations between French fur trappers and settlers and the Native Americans were initially encouraged.
Louis, Missouri began as a French outpost after a land grant from the king.
French holdings in modern-day Canada were more popular for settlement and fur-trapping. However, unlike the English, the French settled their vast American territory only sparsely, with few major towns. In what is now the Midwest, New France was the colonial territory. In the centuries after Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, France explored and occupied the eastern half of North America’s interior while Britain claimed the east coast. Early European Settlement In Native American Territory: New France A drawing of a man of the Fox tribe around 1720 by a French explorer, via the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
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