US Independence week:
The French and English fought four wars in North America between 1689 and 1763. The first war was fought from 1689 to 1697. There was no change in land from this war. The second war was from 1701 to 1713. At the close of the second war, France ceded to England the territories of New Foundland, the Hudson Bay region and Acadia ( all in modern Atlantic coast Canada)
In the 1720's France began building Forts and outposts further inland, in what today is western New York state, Pennsylvania, and Fort Niagara (near the falls). The French wanted to occupy land in the interior that was west of the English colonies, by the Great Lakes region, connecting their land stake stretching from New France (Canada) down to Louisiana ( New Orleans) and the Mississippi.
In 1727 the English went further inland to what is today Oswego, NY, in the center west of New York State, building a fort and trading outpost. It became the center of the English fur trading, while Fort Niagara, 120 miles further west was the key French fur trading outpost.
This lasted for about 25 years until the final two wars between the French and English (1744-1748, 1754-1763)
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