Causes: Britain began to compete with France over the fur trade in the Ohio Valley
Alliances: (a formal agreement by two or more nations to act together in a cause.)
• France, Spain (1762), Algonquins, and Hurons
versus
• Britain and the Iroquois
Effects: The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, ending the war.
• Britain gained Canada and all of the French land east of the Mississippi River.
• Spain gained all of the French land west of the Mississippi River.
• Spain gave up Florida to Britain.
Called for a Grand Council with representatives from each colony.
The Council would:
- make laws
-raise taxes
-defend the colonies
None of the colonies approved the plan out of fear of losing power.
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