Colonial America

1759: Annus Mirabilis

Dr. Kane

mkane2@albany.edu Social Science 116 | MWF 12:35-1:30 PM

Office Hrs: M 10:20 - 11:20 & F 1:30 - 3:30 Social Science 60S

Wednesday, November 15

coming up

• good news! - class cancelled Nov 17
• Locations paper - Nov 20
• Midterm II - Dec 1
• studyguide Nov 17 on Bb
• Friday lunch keynote, "Related" Notable Women, Revolutionary Times
• extra credit by Dec 1 please!

today's class

• final presentations
• the war in Europe, Asia & Africa
• shifts in Britain & the Ohio
• Annus Mirabilis

final presentations

• Dec 4-11 - schedule on Bb
• attendance is part of your final grade!
• 5-8 minutes - notes ok!
• PPT/images optional - email night before
• your main argument, 1-2 points that illustrate your point, the major thing that you learned

War in Europe & Asia

NY frontier

William Pitt

• naval vs. land advantage
• where does the money come from? plantation slavery
• where's Spain? - old Bourbon alliance
• colonial legislatures refuse to pay for things!
• how to get colonial buy in? literally buy things

Iroquois re-entry

• 1758: Bradstreet's success at Frontenac - 100 vs 3000
• 1758: Forbes & Washington's success at Duquesne - 600 vs 6000
• Neolin's revival - anti-European, anti-Iroquois
• pan-Indian nativism: white, black, and Indian should be separate
• control of routes through Iroquoia & supply lines to Canada

La Belle Famille

• 1759 campaigns: Niagara, Oswego, Quebec
• importance of Iroquois diplomacy
• last connection to French interior
• turning of French Indian allies

Plains of Abraham

Annus Mirabilis - 1759

• Battle of Quebec: Montcalm vs. Wolfe & irregular troops
• Lagos, Madras, Guadeloupe
• 1762: war against Spain
• success in the Caribbean

Death of General Wolfe

Pieta

Peace of Paris - 1763

• save Louisiana!
• Canada vs. Guadeloupe - which is worth more?
• "Je me souviens" - memory of the Acadiens
• what to do with Canada & the Ohio country?