How were the British and their American colonial subjects able to win the contest with the French for....?

Question

...control of North America? Please I need help finding out the answer for this question and I really dont understand it and need help. Thanks =)

Answer 1

The british successfully made it easy for anyone to believe that the new frontier would be a safe and great oppertunity to it's new settlers. Providied a way to get there. And sold the idea of the great new land being enjoyable. And with the reputation in the British Army they grew in vast numbers.

Answer 2

Now you are really trying to put my memory to work. Sheeeeeeesh.
If my memory serves me well (about grade 7) the British had the Hurons helping them and the Americans had a different group of Indians (proper at the time) aiding them. If you look into the battles of the Plains Of Abraham this should tell you what you need to know. The hightlight for me was the fact that the Britiish beat the Americans and also set fire to what is now the white house. Us poor little Canadians are the only ones that have ever beaten the Americans in a war. Good Luck. I hope this helps. But the answers to your question seems to be better stated then me by the previous ppl's answer. His memory is better then mine it would seem.

Answer 3

The British defeated the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1763 during the extravagent time of Louis XIV's descendants, when France was in a time of turmoil which preceded the French Revolution. The French in Canada again maybe did not receive the required amount of support from France. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was part of the Seven Years' War, which sometimes is regarded as the first world war. It started in North America and spread to Europe. France therefore was occupied both within North America and in Europe.

If you look up the Seven Years' War in Wikipedia through a search engine search you will see how battles in Europe competed for time and resources with the events unfolding in North America. The European segment of the Seven Years' War was particularly hard on France.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War

Look up the Louisiana Purchase.

France, during the era of Napoleon, sold a lot of its territory in the United States to the Union, or the United States, which was not all that big at the time. The Napoleonic Wars in Europe were consuming much of France's time, money and interest, and Napoleon did not really want to be bothered with the United States.

Prior to that time, much of France's interest in the territory of the United States had consisted of the establishment of spite settlements, which often had French names (e.g. Detroit, St. Louis and New Orleans). They had not been established for French emigration as much as to remind the Americans of the French presence and rivalry.

The above is my best explanation.

Answer 4

They fought a war over it, and the French lost.