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LEARNING GOALS As you work through this chapter, you will • gather and organize information about the daily lives of different groups in North America between 1713 and 1755 • analyze the importance of the fur trade • describe the consequences of the French and British rivalry on First Nations and Acadian people • closely read primary source texts The lives of First Nations, British, and French people in North America were intertwined in the early 1700s. They depended on each other for certain things, so a level of peace was necessary. The image on this page was painted by Lewis Parker in 1978. He called it Scene of Daily Life at Fort Beauséjour, around 1753. The French started building Fort Beauséjour in 1751. It is located on the border between present-day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, at the head of the Bay of Fundy. The scene inside the fort shows workers moving supplies, French soldiers escorting away an English soldier, and a missionary with two members of the Abenaki First Nation speaking with a French officer. What else do you see? What do all these details on the painting tell you about interactions in the fort? The British, the French, and First Nations were all involved in the historical events shaping North America in the 1700s. First Nations were highly motivated to protect their lands and needed to expand their trading networks to include Europeans. As you read through this chapter, examine the ways that First Nations, the French, and the British affected one another and how their relationships led to change. CHAPTER 2 RISING TENSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA: 1713–1755 HOW DID RELATIONSHIPS AMONG FIRST NATIONS, THE BRITISH, AND THE FRENCH LEAD TO CHANGE? 47 NEL 46 NEL
