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 TENSIONSIN NORTH AMERICA:

1713–1755HOW DID RELATIONSHIPS AMONG

FIRST NATIONS, THE BRITISH, AND

THE FRENCH LEAD TO CHANGE?

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