A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . scribed, whose hos-tilities extended through twenty-five years, had no properreason for existence in America at all. They arose from noAmerican need and settled nothing. The colonists sufferedheavily in life and wealth, while their only gain was thepeninsula of Nova Scotia and the control of the Newfound-land fisheries. They had learned, however, two importantlessons: that they must protect themselves, since Englandwas using them for her own ends, and that their troopscould safely be trusted to fight side by side with
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . scribed, whose hos-tilities extended through twenty-five years, had no properreason for existence in America at all. They arose from noAmerican need and settled nothing. The colonists sufferedheavily in life and wealth, while their only gain was thepeninsula of Nova Scotia and the control of the Newfound-land fisheries. They had learned, however, two importantlessons: that they must protect themselves, since Englandwas using them for her own ends, and that their troopscould safely be trusted to fight side by side with Britishregulars and show equal courage and efficiency. The timewas at hand when these useful lessons were to be applied. 152 THE ERA OF COLONIAL WARS. 4. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763). French Enterprise.—The peace in America was home cause of conflict was arising. Colonial jealousybetween the French and English was soon to break out intocolonial hostility. For years the French had been pushingtheir way into the interior of the country, building forts as. English Territory before the French and Indian War. they went, until they had more than sixty military postsalong their extended line of lake and river. The English Keep on the Seaboard.—Meanwhile, theEnglish colonies were filling up with settlers far morerapidly than the French, but these clung to the seaboardregion and made little effort to penetrate the interior. The Alleghany Barrier.—This was not due to lack ofenterprise. It arose from the difficulty of the the French were attracted onward by the splendidwater-ways of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley, THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. 153 Ihe English faced an unbroken wilderness, in whose rearlay a broad backbone of mountains, presenting few passes,and to be crossed only with great difficulty. The lesselevated country in the north was closed by the warlikeIroquois, friendly, but jealous of intrusion. As a result,while English trade
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