1689-1763
The French and Indians fought the
English people because France ruled Canada and Canada bordered all of
Northern North America, including Maine. England wanted the land
which created a conflict. The English fought against France with the
help of some Maine settlers. Thousands and thousands of Mainers were
fighting France in the war at the time to control the land. William
Pepperall, an English settler who lived in Kittery in 1745 fought in
the war. He lead soldiers to Nova Scotia in Canada where they killed
almost every French soldier that was at one of the French forts.
In 1755 the English were starting to remove the French settlers from
Nova Scotia where they were had been living. The Indians that were
living in Canada pitched in and helped fight the war with the French.
They wanted the English and the new settlers to leave their land.
Finally in 1763 the wars ended and France lost. The English people
were now the new masters of New England and most of North
America.
But shortly after the end of the
French and Indian war the Revolutionary War began. This conflict was
because the country of England and the new settlers both wanted North
America and its resources. Again, because of this tension over land
and resources, another bloody war was fought.
Nathan and Tyler
4A 3/7/03
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