Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Impact of British Conquest and American Revolution on FN
- British Conquest
- Natives could no longer play one side against the other for advantage
- prices of fur plummetted
- quality/quantity of European goods declined
- custom of annual gifts for alliances disappeared
- Anglo-Americans were land hungry and pushed FN off their land - French had not
- English took over and hunted an area clean
- orders to curtail fur trade
- hurt FN economic interests
- increased suspicions of FN
- FN did not know the language or customs of English
- Families and alliances had been mad with the French
- Britain wanted to be overlords
- French had seen as free and independent people
- demanding pledge of allegiance
- Many FN converted to Catholicism - English against
- FN revolted causing bloodshed and were provided some concessions
- sovereignty in former french empire
- encouragement of government to annoy, distress or destroy Indians
- Royal Proclamation of 1763
- could not survey lands set aside for FN without orders from Britain
- settlers needed to leave FN land if living there already
- private purchase of FN land not allowed
- license required to trade with FN
- settlers could not hide within FN land from the law
- recognized that frauds and abuses were committed in purchasing lands of
the Indians, to the great prejudice of Britains interests
- American Revolution
- FN repelled the American attack in Ohio, but the land was given to the
Americans in peace talks
- land rights given in Royal Proclamation was ignored
- Iroquois was split on who to support and joined opposing sides
- inter-tribal splits
- Mi'kmaq, maliseet supported Americans
- Ottawas, Hurons, Algonkins supported Canada
- As time went on Americans upset FN and
more joined Britain