1. Struggles for North America

2. New France

3. French Explorers and Fur Traders claimed land from Quebec to the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi to Louisiana Population grew slowly

4. The 13 English Colonies

5. Early Settlers Jamestown, Virginia: built in 1607 1620 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, MA Signed an agreement among the people

6. New England Settlers were farmers who transferred to America the village life they had enjoyed in England Southern Colonies emerged a plantation economy based on tobacco, rice, and other crops

7. Government Appointed royal governors Parliament passed laws to regulate colonial trade Each colony had its own representative assembly elected by propertied men

8. British – French Rivalry French and Indian War (1754 to 1763) British won Peace Treaty of Paris 1763 ensured British dominance France ceded Canada and its lands east of Mississippi River to Britain. French lost India

10. Trails blazed by Indians became highways for settlers moving west