45. For three years the war between France and England continued on the ocean. The English fleets were everywhere victorious. On the 10th of February, 1763, a treaty of peace was made at Paris. All the French possessions in North America, eastward of the Mississippi from its source to the river Iberville, and thence through Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain to the Gulf of Mexico, were surrendered to Great Britain. At the same time, Spain, with whom England had been at war, ceded East and West Florida to the English Crown. Thus closed the French and Indian War. By this conflict it was decided that the decaying institutions of the Middle Ages should not prevail in America, and that the powerful language, just laws, and priceless liberties of the English race should be planted forever in the vast domains of the New World.
Review Questions—Part III.
CHAPTER IX.
- 1. Give an account of the first settlement at Jamestown.
- 2. What troubles arose within the colony itself, and how were these adjusted?
- 3. Trace the course of Captain Smith among the Indians, and in his voyages of discovery.
- 4. Describe the government of Virginia under the First and Second Charters.
CHAPTER X.
- 5. What changes in government were made by the Third Charter?
- 6. Mention the improvement in the colonial industries.
- 7. Describe the hardships and the growth of the Virginia colony.
- 8. Give an account of the Indian massacre of 1622.
CHAPTER XI.
- 9. Tell of the farther changes in the government, first to a Royal, then to a Proprietary.
- 10. Give an account of Bacon's Rebellion, with its causes and results.